Gefahrstoffe

The Association for the Control of Emissions in Products for Flooring Installation, Adhesives and Building Materials (GEV) organised a round robin test in 2020 with the purpose to update its list of recommended testing laboratories on the basis of...

The risk of occupational cancer is still a matter of concern for occupational safety and health in Europe. The authors propose transparency of residual risks of Binding Occupational Exposure Limit Values (BOELV) for carcinogens and the establishment...

The potential risk from human exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) includes a range of serious non-malignant effects as well as lung cancer, which may occur at relatively low levels. In a previous study, investigating several industrial...

As part of the outer cell wall of gram-negative bacteria endotoxins can be found ubiquitous in nature. So far most studies on airborne endotoxins focussed on occupational environments. In Germany IFA-Arbeitsmappe 9450 gives recommendations for...