Maximum exposure limit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-007049",
  "term": "Maximum exposure limit",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A legally binding UK occupational exposure limit under the COSHH regulations, applied to hazardous substances for which no safe exposure level could be shown or lower limits were not practicable. It caps the airborne concentration, averaged over a stated reference period such as 8 hours, that employees may inhale, and exposure also had to be reduced as far below it as reasonably practicable. In 2005 maximum exposure limits and occupational exposure standards were merged into workplace exposure limits.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "exposed"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1255 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/maximum-exposure-limit/"
}