Sulphur dioxide; health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

t the 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 chemical substances in air in the workplace. These recommendations are made by the Council’s Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards (DECOS). They constitute the first step in a three-step procedure, which leads to legally binding occupational exposure limits.
In this report, the committee discusses the consequences of occupational exposure to sulphur dioxide and recommends a health-based occupational exposure limit. The committee’s conclusions are made on the documents produced by the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits of the European Commission (SCOEL; SCO93, SCO98) and on additional scientific papers published prior to May 2002.