title: Development of permissible exposure limits: the California experience.
abstract: The California OSHA Airborne Contaminant Advisory Committee reviewed several hundred substances and recommended occupational exposure limits with the intent of worker and employer protection. The model used offers important benefits. First, by allowing open meetings, the process was transparent, and input could be offered by concerned stakeholders. Second, the process was data-driven and, therefore, less susceptible to bias and error. Third, by incorporating members with backgrounds in toxicology, epidemiology, risk assessment, occupational medicine, and industrial hygiene, the process fostered a thorough and diverse assessment of substances.
authors.affiliation: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Franciso, USA. rcohenmd@pacbell.net
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinmaus
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D003142:Communication; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D009314:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. / Q000592:standards; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000592:standards*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances