• A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational...
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  • The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit in the United States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical...
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    result in recommended exposure limits (REL), which can be lower than the PEL. OSHA is tasked with enforcement and defending the enforceable limits (PELs)...
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  • An occupational exposure limit is an upper limit on the acceptable concentration of a hazardous substance in workplace air for a particular material or...
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    Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set the recommended exposure limit (REL) to a 15-minute constant exposure of 0.002 mg/m3 (0.002 ppb). The PEL for organic...
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  • Occupational Exposure Limit Values (SCOEL) is a committee of the European Commission established in 1995 to advise on occupational exposure limits for chemicals...
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    time-weighted average of 100 ppm over an eight-hour period as the recommended exposure limit. Ethyl formate has been identified in dust clouds in an area of...
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    Occupational Safety and Health has set a recommended exposure limit of 6 mg/m3 total exposure and 3 mg/m3 respiratory exposure over an 8-hour workday. At levels...
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    Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) for paraffin wax fume exposure of 2 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday. Oligomer...
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    and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 10 mg/m3 total exposure and 5 mg/m3 respiratory exposure over an 8-hour workday. Biochar...
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  • recommended exposure limit (REL) of 100 ppm (400 mg/m3) over an 8-hour workday. At levels of 1000 ppm, which equates to 10 times the lower exposure limit...
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    has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3) over an 8-hour workday and 1250 ppm (2250 mg/m3) for short-term exposure. At levels...
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    for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for manganese and the Recommended Exposure Limit outlined by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
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    Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 350 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday and 1800 mg/m3 over...
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    Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has set a recommended exposure limit of 0.1 mg/m3 skin exposure over an 8-hour workday. At levels of 75 mg/m3, nitroglycerin...
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    set a recommended exposure limit (REL) for clopidol at 10 mg/m3 TWA (time-weighted average) for total exposure, 5 mg/m3 TWA for respiratory exposure, and...
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    Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) for hexane isomers (not n-hexane) of 100 ppm (350 mg/m3...
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    Occupational exposure limit – Upper limit on the acceptable concentration of a hazardous substance Occupational hygiene Recommended exposure limit – Limit for...
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    Occupational Safety and Health has suggested workers not be exposed to a recommended exposure limit of over 10 ppm (40 mg/m3) over an eight-hour workshift. Merck...
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    and a feeling of increased body heat. p-Xylene vapor exposure over the recommended exposure limit of 100 parts per million (ppm) can cause irritation to...
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    Sawdust (section Exposure)
    respiratory exposure over an 8-hour workday. The NIOSH has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 1 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday. Water-borne bacteria...
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    Past cases of hydrazine exposure have documented success with pyridoxine (vitamin B6) treatment. NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL): 0.03 ppm (0.04 mg/m3)...
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    and Health has a recommended exposure limit at 10 mg/m3. For respiratory exposures, both agencies have set an occupational exposure limit at 5 mg/m3. Baryte...
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  • Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 3 fibers/cm3 (less than 3.5 micrometers in diameter and...
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  • Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 5 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday. Monobenzone (benzyloxyphenol)...
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    and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposure limit (REL) of 10 mg/m3 total exposure and 5 mg/m3 respiratory exposure over an 8-hour workday.[non sequitur]...
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    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as the recommended exposure limit (REL). At levels of 800 ppm (4480 mg/m3), turpentine is immediately...
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    pneumoconiotic agents, and sensitizers. NIOSH sets recommended exposure limits (REL) as well as recommends preventative measures on specific chemicals in...
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    for developing recommended exposure limits (RELs) for substances, including carcinogens. As benzene can cause cancer, NIOSH recommends that all workers...
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    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has set a recommended exposure limit at 0.05 ppm over an eight-hour work day. NIOSH Pocket Guide to...
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