Hexachlorobenzene - Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

In the Netherlands, occupational exposure limits for chemical substances are set using a three-step procedure. In the first step, a scientific evaluation of the data on the toxicity of the substance is made by the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Exposure Safety (DECOS), a committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands, at the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. The purpose of the Committee’s evaluation is to set a health-based recommended occupational exposure limit for the atmospheric concentration of the substance, provided the database allows the derivation of such a value.

Committee

• G.J. Mulder, Emeritus Professor of Toxicology, Leiden University, Leiden, chairman
• R.B. Beems, Toxicologic Pathologist, formerly employed at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• P.J. Boogaard, Toxicologist; Shell International BV, The Hague
• B.P.F.D. Hendrikx, Social and Economic Council, The Hague, advisor
• D.J.J. Heederik, Professor of Risk Assessment in Occupational Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht
• R. Houba, Occupational Hygienist, Netherlands Expertise Centre for Occupational Respiratory Disorders, Utrecht
• H. van Loveren, Professor of Immunotoxicology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• T.M. Pal, Occupational Physician, Netherlands Centre for Occupational Diseases, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• A.H. Piersma, Professor of Reproductive Toxicology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• H.P.J. te Riele, Professor of Molecular Biology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• I.M.C.M. Rietjens, Professor of Toxicology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen
• H. Roelfzema, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, observer
• G.M.H. Swaen, Epidemiologist; Dow Benelux NV, Terneuzen
• R.C.H. Vermeulen, epidemiologist, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht
• R.A. Woutersen, Toxicologic Pathologist, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, and Professor of Translational Toxicology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen
• P.B. Wulp, Occupational Physician, Labour Inspectorate, Groningen
• A.J. Baars, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary
• A.S.A.M van der Burght, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, scientific secretary