Occupational chronic obstructive lung diseases: recognition and compensation

The current French legislation does not allow recognition and compensation for occupational chronic obstructive lung diseases (COLD) under satisfactor y conditions. The medical criteria worded in the tables of occupational dis ease am too restrictive. Moreover a lot of occupational COLD are not inscri bed in the tables and, in most of cases, cannot be recognized as occupation al disease given that the access conditions to the "complementary system" o f recognition are very limited. The authors propose the creation of a speci fic table for occupational COLD, with designation criteria of the disease a nd a list of workplaces susceptible to provoke the disease, both made in co nformity with current scientific consensus and knowledge in these fields.