Occupational exposure limits: options for change.
The Health and Safety Commission's (HSC) Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances has produced a discussion document on the future of occupational exposure limits for hazardous chemicals. The HSC wish to see changes made in the way standards which determine the amount of substance allowable in workplace air are implemented. The objective of the review and change is to ensure that protection of workers' health is continually improved as new and changing standards are announced. This article looks at the problems associated with the implementation of the current standards and the options proposed for change.
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Public Health Laboratory Service, Headquarters, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5DF.
D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000592:standards*; D016272:Occupational Health; D006113:United Kingdom