MOL announces new hazardous limits.
Twenty-seven hazardous substances will be introduced or updated in the Ministry of Labour's occupational exposure limits OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS
There are occupational exposure limits for over 5,000 chemicals worldwide, while the US only has exposure limits for 500 chemicals. The rest of the industrialized world is 50 years ahead of the US. (OEL (Organic Electroluminescent Device) See OLED. ).
The ministry is providing a 60-day consultation period to allow stakeholders to comment on limits for coumaphos and monochloroacetic acid, for which none exists in Ontario. Revised limitations to silica and iron oxide The material used to coat the surfaces of magnetic tapes and lower-capacity disks. along with 23 other substances will also be under consultation.
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