I would like to share with you a doubt about the risk that a pregnant woman is exposed in a chemical and microbiological laboratory. In a initial risk assessment more of the chemicals were removed from the laboratory and more of the bacteria. The lady is developing mainly microbiological testing with MRSA and E.coli. The laboratory hasn't got any safety cabinet to work with the bacteria. The lady was advised with her midwife to work with FFP3 mask. Some fungi works are developed when she is no in the laboratory. Chemicals works are only developed when she is no in the laboratory. Another risk detected is that the chemicals were settled in the warehouse and the lady cross everyday the warehouse to get the laboratory. I detected one product, Zinc pyrithione, CAS: 13463-41-7 that worried me specially. In the MSDS it is said that it can produce fetal death by skin or oral contact. This product is manipulated in the warehouse and sometimes in the laboratory when the pregnant lady is no there but I detected that sometimes there is powder over the floor and bench. I am no specialist in pregnancy risk and could find very few things about it. I would like a second opinion about it? The lady is wearing the FFP3 mask all time. Since she cross to warehouse and during all work in the laboratory. She didn't feel confident about that all risks have been removed. Help please!!!!

It sounds like your systems and control measures need to be looked at if all you can do is provide a FFP3 mask instead of controlling the risk more thoroughly. I would look into your systems and processes to see if you can make your environment and work practices inertly more safe rather than relying on a single piece of PPE for your control measure. Such as using safety cabinets for storage, fume hoods for use of substances etc.

Thanks for your second opinión. I could see all that you say. I am not the responsable person in H&S (indeed there isn´t any responsable for H&S) in the company but I would like to help because I can see that the situation is no normal. I was doing H&S in another country and this situation surprised me. Is it normal here? There is no risk assessment for more of the risk, no external H&S company to help the company with this, no health surveillance. In the country that I used to work all of these were compulsory

I´d email them from an anon email......but then, I wouldn´t be working there....

That´s true. It is a case of short-term misery, versus long-term ill-health and shorter lifespan. Or in the case of the pregnant worker: Possible stillborn child or birth defects. I´m sure hundreds of thousands of people who died after exposure to asbestos would agree with you. Sometimes life throws choices like that at you.