Heat stress

The Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, has asked the Health Council of the Netherlands to alert him periodically to possible new (international) scientific insights concerning health- and safety-based limits for various occupational hazards. The occupational hazards in question are named in the Dutch Health and Safety Act (Arbowet) and the corresponding regulations. In the present advisory memorandum, released on 16th of November 2011, the Health Council has examined the possibilities of determining health-based recommended occupational exposure limits for heat stress. This advisory letter is supplementary to the previous advice on Heath stress released in 2008 (publicationnumber 2008/24E).