EU ROUND UP – EU FINALISES NEW PROTECTIONS FOR COATINGS WORKERS FROM DIISOCYANATES
April 19th, 2024
The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved new protections for paint manufacturing and application workers from exposure to coatings and their ingredients that contain diisocyanates, a widely used chemical input. The controls come in a new EU directive amending directives 98/24/EC and 2004/37/EC regarding limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates.
The law is the first-ever EU occupational exposure limit for diisocyanates at 6µg NCO/m3 - the maximum concentration in ambient air a worker breathes during an eight-hour ...
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