caa a22 4500 463194195 CHVBK 20180406164917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00420-006-0118-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00420-006-0118-3 Differences in national legislation for the implementation of lead regulations included in the European directive for the protection of the health and safety of workers with occupational exposure to chemical agents (98/24/EC) [Elektronische Daten] [Andrew Taylor, Jurgen Angerer, Josiane Arnaud, Françoise Claeys, Jesper Kristiansen, Olav Mazarrasa, Antonio Menditto, Marina Patriarca, Alain Pineau, Sinikka Valkonen, Cas Weykamp] Background: The European Council Directive 98/24 on the protection of the health and safety of workers exposed to chemical agents sets out provisions for environmental and biological monitoring, making specific reference to binding limit values and health surveillance measures for those with exposure to lead Objectives: To compare how the Directive has been implemented at a national level in EU countries and to determine whether workers receive equivalent protection. Methods: Information on selected key issues was collected from 14 EU countries by means of a structured questionnaire. Results: National occupational exposure limit values generally reflect that set by the Directive (0.15mg/m3), but in five cases lower limits are set. National binding biological limit values range from 20μg/100ml blood in one country up to 80μg/100ml blood in others. The risk to the unborn child is generally recognised with specific measures for women of child-bearing potential or those that are pregnant or breast feeding. In only three countries are special arrangements included for young workers. Limits at which medical surveillance is put into effect are more consistent at 40μg/100ml in most countries. The Directive also refers to guidelines for health surveillance but none have been issued with respect to lead. Thus monitoring strategies and requirements for analytical performance vary considerably. Conclusions: The results of this survey suggest that protection of workers against the risk of exposure to lead at work is far from uniform across the European Union. Such disparity may also have implications on the requirements set at national level for laboratories measuring lead in blood and/or air. In the interest of harmonisation within the EU, further consideration should be given to the Annex II of the EC Directive 98/24, taking into account the suggestions for lower binding limit values for lead; this should include full guidelines for medical surveillance and requirements for laboratories should be issued. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Occupational exposure nationallicence Lead nationallicence Legislation nationallicence Biological monitoring nationallicence Binding limits nationallicence Taylor Andrew Centre for Clinical Science and Measurement, School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut Angerer Jurgen Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, 91054, Erlangen, Germany aut Arnaud Josiane DBI -CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France aut Claeys Françoise Unit of Epidemiology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, 1050, Brussels, Belgium aut Kristiansen Jesper National Institute of Occupational Health, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Mazarrasa Olav Centro de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Gobierno de Cantabria, 39012, Santander, Spain aut Menditto Antonio Department of Food Safety and Public Veterinary Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Patriarca Marina Department of Food Safety and Public Veterinary Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Pineau Alain Laboratoire de Toxicologie, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Nantes, 44035, Nantes, France aut Valkonen Sinikka Biomonitoring Laboratory, Department of Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 02500, Helsinki, Finland aut Weykamp Cas MCA Laboratory, Queen Beatrix Hospital, 7101 BN, Winterswijk, The Netherlands aut International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/3(2007-01-01), 254-264 0340-0131 80:3<254 2007 80 420 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0118-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0118-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor Andrew Centre for Clinical Science and Measurement, School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Angerer Jurgen Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, 91054, Erlangen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arnaud Josiane DBI -CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Claeys Françoise Unit of Epidemiology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, 1050, Brussels, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kristiansen Jesper National Institute of Occupational Health, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mazarrasa Olav Centro de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Gobierno de Cantabria, 39012, Santander, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Menditto Antonio Department of Food Safety and Public Veterinary Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Patriarca Marina Department of Food Safety and Public Veterinary Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pineau Alain Laboratoire de Toxicologie, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Nantes, 44035, Nantes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valkonen Sinikka Biomonitoring Laboratory, Department of Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 02500, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weykamp Cas MCA Laboratory, Queen Beatrix Hospital, 7101 BN, Winterswijk, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/3(2007-01-01), 254-264 0340-0131 80:3<254 2007 80 420 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer