Tin and inorganic tin compounds; 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 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.
The present report on tin and inorganic tin compounds was prepared in cooperation with the Nordic Expert Group (NEG). The joint report on the consequences of occupational exposure to tin and inorganic tin compounds, published in Sweden in 2002 (Arbete och Hälsa 2002:10), is included in part 2 of this document. Part 1 mainly consists of a summary of the most important health effects and a health hazard assessment by DECOS.
The committee’s conclusions are based on scientific publications obtained from data retrieval systems from prior to February 2004. 

Committee

• GJ Mulder, professor of toxicology; Leiden University, Leiden, chairman
• RB Beems, toxicologic pathologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• LJNGM Bloemen, epidemiologist; Environ Netherlands BV, Zeist
• PJ Boogaard, toxicologist; Shell International BV, The Hague
• PJ Borm, toxicologist; Centre of Expertise in Life Sciences, Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen
• JJAM Brokamp, Social and Economic Council, The Hague, advisor
• DJJ Heederik, professor of risk assessment in occupational health; IRAS, Utrecht University, Utrecht
• TM Pal, occupational physician; Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam
• IMCM Rietjens, professor of 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; Dow Chemical, Terneuzen
• RA Woutersen, toxicologic pathologist; TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist
• P Wulp, occupational physician; Labour Inspectorate, Groningen
• ASAM van der Burght, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary
• TMM Coenen, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary
• JM Rijnkels, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary