Calcium oxide; Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

At the request of the minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands sets Health-Based Recommended Occupational Exposure Limits (HBR-OEL) for chemical substances in the workplace. These recommendations constitute the first step in a three-step procedure, which leads to legally binding occupational exposure limits. In this report, the Health Council discusses the consequences of occupational exposure to calcium oxide. The Council’s conclusions are made on scientific papers published prior to April 2005.

Committee

• GJ Mulder, chairman
  emeritus professor of toxicology, Leiden University, Leiden
• RB Beems
  toxicologic pathologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environ¬ment, Bilthoven
• LJNGM Bloemen
  epidemiologist; Exponent Inc., Terneuzen
• PJ Boogaard
  toxicologist; SHELL International BV, The Hague
• PJ Borm
  toxicologist; Centre of Expertise in Life Sciences, Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen
• JJAM Brokamp, advisor
  Social and Economic Council, The Hague
• DJJ Heederik
  professor of risk assessment in occupational epidemiology; IRAS, University of Utrecht, Utrecht
• TM Pal
  occupational physician; Dutch Centre for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam
• IM Rietjens
  professor of toxicology; Wageningen University, Wageningen.
• H Roelfsema, advisor
  ministery of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague
• T Smid
  occupational hygienist/epidemiologist; KLM Health Safety & Environment, Schiphol; and, professor of working conditions, Free University, Amsterdam
• GMH Swaen
  epidemiologist; Dow Chemical Company, the Netherlands
• RA Woutersen
  toxicologic pathologist; TNO Quality of Life, Zeist
• P Wulp
  occupational physician; Labour Inspectorate, Groningen
• JTJ Stouten, scientific secretary
  Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, the Netherlands