Tetrachloroethane; Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

At 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 toxic substances in the workplace air. These recommendations are made by the Council’s Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards (DECOS). It constitutes the first step in a three-step procedure which leads to legally binding occupational exposure limits.

Committee

• G.J. Mulder, chairman
  emeritus professor of toxicology, Leiden
• R.B. Beems
  toxicologic pathologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environ¬ment, Bilthoven
• P.J. Boogaard
  toxicologist; SHELL International B.V., The Hague
• P.J. Borm
  toxicologist; Centre of Expertise in Life Sciences, Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen
• J.J.A.M. Brokamp, advisor
  Social and Economic Council, The Hague
• D.J.J. Heederik
  professor of risk assessment in occupational epidemiology; IRAS, University of Utrecht, Utrecht
• T.M. Pal
  occupational physician; Dutch Centre for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam
• I.M. Rietjens
  professor of toxicology; Wageningen University, Wageningen.
• H. Roelfzema, 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
• G.M.H. Swaen
  epidemiologist; Dow Chemical Company, the Netherlands
• R.A. Woutersen
  toxicologic pathologist; TNO Quality of Life, Zeist
• P. Wulp
  occupational physician; Labour Inspectorate, Groningen
• J.T.J. Stouten, scientific secretary
  Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague