Builders to get sunburn warnings direct to their mobiles

3rd May 2016

Construction workers could soon be sent text messages warning them when they are at risk from sun exposure.

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are working on the project with a host of big name contractors including BAM Nuttall, Laing O’Rourke and Bovis Homes.

The University’s School of Life Sciences is working with colleagues from the Institute of Occupational Medicine in a bid to change the behaviour of construction workers.

Professor John Cherrie, said: “It is vital that construction workers get the right amount of sun and of vitamin D, without getting sunburned, which increases their risk of developing skin cancer.”

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