An International Review of Procedures for Establishing Occupational Exposure LimitsStudy included analyses of the processes for setting occupational exposure limits in 23 organizations in 15 countries with flow charts depicting the fundamentals of the process in each organization, matrices comparing the basic features of each program and lists of principal contacts for each organization. The evaluation of each organization considered the following process elements - agent selection criteria and prioritization, scientific basis, type of standards set, economic and technical feasibility, documentation and rationale, enforcement and implementation, review and approval process. The following countries and organizations were reviewed - Australia, Canada, Denmark, the European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American National Standards Institute, MSHA, NIOSH, and OSHA. A second more intensive study focused on the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, the European Union, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. |
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