Tetrachloroethylene (PER) - 2; Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit for short-term exposure

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 chemical substances in air at 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 short-term occupational exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PER) and recommends a health-based occupational exposure limit for short-term exposure. This report is a supplement to the DECOS report 2003/01OSH, in which a health-based recommended occupational exposure limit for 8 hour is set. The committees’ conclusions about the short-term exposure are based on data from this previous report.