Gefahrstoffe

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...

Hazardous compounds such as airborne particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and black carbon (BC) require special attention. The toxicological effects caused by the inhalation of such substances depend mainly on the concentration of...

Measurement procedures used for workplace measurements of chemical agents need to fulfill certain quality criteria. According to the European standard EN 482 the expanded uncertainty is the crucial factor in deciding whether a measurement procedure...

Although existing guidelines and standards for measurement of biotic components in Germany are dominated by cultivation dependent-analyses more and more genome-based methods are used to address the limitations of cultivation-dependent investigations...