Kaolin; 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 chemical substances in the air in the workplace. These recommendations are made by the Council's Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards (DECOS).

Committee

• G.J. Mulder, emeritus professor of toxicology, Leiden University, Leiden, chairman
• R.B. Beems, toxicologic pathologist, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• P.J. Boogaard, toxicologist, Shell International BV, The Hague
• J.J.A.M. Brokamp, Social and Economic Council, The Hague, advisor
• D.J.J. Heederik, professor of risk assessment in occupational epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht
• L.A.L.M. Kiemeney, professor of cancer epidemiology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen
• H. van Loveren, professor of immunotoxicology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• T.M. Pal, occupational physician, Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam
• A.H. Piersma, professor of reproductive toxicology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• H.P.J. te Riele, professor of molecular biology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• I.M.C.M. Rietjens, professor of toxicology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen
• H. Roelfzema, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, advisor
• T. Smid, occupational hygienist - epidemiologist, KLM Health Services, Schiphol, and professor of working conditions, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• G.M.H. Swaen, epidemiologist, Dow Benelux N.V., Terneuzen
• R.A. Woutersen, toxicologic pathologist, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist
• P.B. Wulp, occupational physician, Labour Inspectorate, Groningen
• E.J.M. Pennings, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary