SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social

Exposure to lead and diisocyanates, European Parliament rapporteur lowers exposure limits for workers, including women workers of childbearing age

Brussels, 10/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

Danish rapporteur Nikolaj Villumsen (The Left) published, on Monday 8 May, his draft report on the Commission’s proposal for a directive amending two older directives on the exposure of European workers to lead and diisocyanates (see EUROPE B13120A10).

For lead, the Commission had proposed lowering the occupational exposure limit to 0.03mg/m³ and lowering the biological limit value per 100 millilitres of blood to 15µg/100ml, with the lowest possible value (4.5µg/100ml) for women of...