Exposure limits in various countries (as of October 2000)

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Appendix B
Exposure limits in various countries (as of October 2000)
Examples of exposure limits (EL) and related comments in various countries
Country EL1EL2Related comments
f/ml mg/m3
Australia 0.5 2.0 Exposure standard: a TWA3 exposure standard of 0.5 f/ml
(respirable fibres) for all forms of synthetic mineral fibres and a
secondary exposure standard of 2 mg/m3 (TWA) for inspirable
dust in situations where almost all the airborne material is fibrous.
Austria 0.5 EL: 0.5 f/ml for respirable fibres measured by the WHO method.
Denmark 1.0 Classified as a carcinogen due to IARC 2B, and included in the
general environmental list of hazardous substances with desig-
nations according to Commission Directive 97/69/EC. Specific
health and safety regulations, on installation and demolition of
insulation materials containing synthetic vitreous fibres, state that:
insulation wools are not considered hazardous in the health and
safety regulations on hazardous substances, meaning that there
are no obligations for substitution by other products;
insulation wools which generate the least dust should be used;
and
general and specific provisions for preventive measures are to
be followed.
Finland 10.0 Insulation wools are classified according to rules based on
Commission Directive 97/69/EC.
EL: Inhalable dust as eight-hour average (EN 481: 1993 CEN/TC
137)).
France 1.0 EL: 1.0 f/ml for glass wool, rock wool and slag wool, measured as
an eight-hour TWA val ue.
Germany 6.0 Exemption criteria according to the Dangerous Substances
Ordinance (Gefahrstoffverordnung), Annex V, No. 7.1(1):
a suitable intraperitoneal test has not shown indications of
significant carcino genicity; or
the half-life time after intratracheal instillation of 2 mg of a
fibre suspension of fibres with a length greater than 5 µm, a
diameter smaller than 3 µm and a length-to-diameter ratio
greater than 3:1 (respirable fibres measured by the WHO
method) is less than or equal to 65 days (40 days from 1
October 2000); or
the carcinogenicity index Kl, which is calculated from the
difference between the sum of the mass content (as a per-
centage) of the oxides of sodium, potassium, boron, calcium,
magnesium, barium and twice the mass content (as a per-
centage) of aluminium oxide, is greater than or equal to 40.
0.25 EL: 0,25 f/ml for non-exonerated insulation wool fibres.4
Italy 5.0 EL: total dust: 5 mg/m³; fibre diameter less than 3 µm: less than
1 f/ml.

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