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Occupational exposure standards in canada: From ACGIH to?
Author(s) -
Sentes Ray
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700160611
Subject(s) - medicine , scrutiny , hazardous waste , occupational hygiene , environmental health , occupational exposure , government (linguistics) , occupational safety and health , occupational medicine , law , waste management , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , political science
The methods to control exposure to hazardous substances in Canadian workplaces have undergone several changes over the past 50 years. At first, government officials simply used good ventilation practices as a guide. Later, when the ACGIH published recommended exposure limits, a closely knit industrial hygiene community readily adopted them. Recently, the pre‐eminent position of the ACGIH has come under scrutiny. As a consequence, there is a search for new bipartite or tripartite approaches toward standard setting.