Risk assessments estimate that lowering
occupational exposure limits from the current to the proposed standard will reduce silicosis and lung cancer mortality to approximately one - half of the rates predicted under the current standard.
Not exact matches
Although PC is the most common type of cancer in men and can have a high mortality rate, evidence linking PC to specific environmental,
occupational, or dietary
exposures has been
limited.
«One of the surprising findings from this study was that even the subjects who had extreme
exposure — two subjects who went to a music festival with 16 hours of
exposure at 101 to 103 dBA (A-weighted decibels), which is around 1,000 percent of the daily
occupational noise
limit — had only temporary changes on some functional tests, with no evidence of permanent pathology,» Le Prell said.
The levels were below the regulatory
limits for
occupational asbestos
exposure, but were high enough to raise concerns about community
exposure, says Miller.
While most urine samples collected from about 200 people in Huepetuhe last year showed mercury levels below the World Health Organization
limit for
occupational exposure, a few were extremely high, according to Dr. Jonh Astete, who coordinated the study by Peru's National Institute of Health.
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has actually set a recommended
exposure limit (REL) for paraffin wax fumes for people who work with this manufactured ingredient: 2 mg / m3 of fume
exposure over an 8 - hour workday.
- Ozone is only a trace gas: 0.1 ppm is the
exposure limit established by the US National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health.
Today, the U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets
limits for acceptable levels of asbestos
exposure in the workplace.
Occupational Diseases, including but not
limited to Disease (s) related to asbestos
exposure, and the complications thereof, including asbestosis and mesothelioma related to asbestos
exposure; Treatment for human organ or tissue transplants and their related treatment;