Setting the Limit: Occupational Health Standards and the Limits of Science

by Sven Ove Hansson

Do occupational exposure limits really protect workers from chemical hazards? This book gives an in-depth analysis of three sets of exposure limits: the ACGIH list from the United States, which has a world-wide influence; and the official lists of Germany and Sweden, which are both unusually well-documented. A detailed study of the extensive toxicological documentation offered for these lists makes it possible to calculate the safety margins implicit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195121600
• ISBN13: 9780195121605
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"