HSE anounce new Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs)
The table of WELs originally published by the HSE in Guidance Note EH40/2005, which is for use with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, has been updated and published on the internet at:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/table1.pdf
This document contains new limits for:
2-aminoethanol
bromine
2-(2-butoxyethoxy) ethanol
chlorine
cyanamide
diethylamine
diphosphorus pentasulphide
diphosphorus pentoxide
isopentane
2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol
morpholine
neopentane
nitric acid
nitrobenzene
pentane
phosphine
phosphorus pentachloride
pyrethrum
resorcinol
toluene
IOM scientists can offer advice on monitoring and analysis for all of the above substances.