Lead in the workplace: new OELs and BELs for lead and its inorganic compounds

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/869 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

 of 13 March 2024 

amending Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 98/24/EC as regards limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and for diisocyanates. 

 Parliament has adopted new exposure limits for lead for the first time in forty years. 

 The amendment lowers the OEL and BEL values for lead and its inorganic compounds and introduces mandatory oil and BEL values for diisocyanates.

Directive (EU) 2024/869: Directive (EU) 2024/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 98/24/EC as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and for diisocyanates (europa.eu) 

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