Chlorotrimethylsilane; Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands recommends health-based occupational exposure limits for the concentration of toxic substances in air at the workplace. These recommendations are made by the Council’s Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards. They constitute the first step in a three-step procedure that leads to legally-binding limit values. The present report on chlorotrimethylsilane was prepared in co-operation with the Nordic Expert Group, wich advises the Nordic Governments.

The joint report, the committee discusses the consequences of occupational exposure to chlorotrimethylsilane and, if appropriate, recommends a health-based occupational exposure limit. The committee’s conclusions are based on scientific publications prior to March 1998.

Committee

• GJ Mulder, professor of toxicology; Leiden University, Leiden, chairman
• RB Beems, toxicological pathologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• PJ Borm, toxicologist, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
• JJAM Brokamp, Social and Economic Council, The Hague, advisor
• VJ Feron, professor of toxicology; TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist
• DJJ Heederik, epidemiologist; IRAS, Utrecht University, Utrecht
• LCMP Hontelez, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, The Hague, advisor
• G de Jong, occupational physician; Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij, The Hague
• TM Pal, occupational physician; Netherlands Centre for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam
• IM Rietjens, professor in toxicology, Wageningen University, Wageningen
• H Roelfzema, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, advisor
• T Smid, occupational hygienist; KLM Health Safety & Environment, Schiphol and professor of working conditions, Free University, Amsterdam
• GMH Swaen, epidemiologist; Maastricht University, Maastricht
• HG Verschuuren, toxicologist; DOW Europe, Horgen (Switzerland)
• F de Wit, occupational physician; Labour Inspectorate, Arnhem
• JM Rijnkels, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary
• ASAM van der Burght, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary

Nordic Expert Group

• G Johanson, toxicologist; National Institute for Working Life, Solna (Sweden), chairman
• V Kristjansson, occupational hygienist; Administration of Occupational Safety and Health, Reykjavik (Iceland)
• K Savolainen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki (Finland)
• V Skaug, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
• J Jarnberg, National Institute for Working Life, Solna (Sweden), scientific secretary