Bitumen (vapour and aerosol); Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit
Health Council of the Netherlands, Gezondheidsraad
Record ID 32007000067
Dutch, English
Authors' recommendations:
Taking all the available carcinogenic and genotoxic data into account, including the expectation that fumes of heated bitumen may contain carcinogenic PAH and or PAC, the committee is of the opinion that there is a cause for concern that bitumen (vapour and aerosol) is carcinogenic.
However, the evidence for carcinogenicity is weak, and further experiments are necessary before a final conclusion can be drawn. Therefore, the committee recommends classifying bitumen (vapour and aerosol) as a suspected human carcinogen that has been insufficiently investigated.
This recommendation corresponds to EU classification in category 3. The situation is furthermore comparable with subcategory b of this category. At the moment the committee considers the reliability of the available data too limited to recommend a health-based occupational exposure limit. Therefore, it abstains from making such a recommendation.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2007
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Netherlands
MeSH Terms
- Occupational Exposure
- Tars
Contact
Organisation Name:
Health Council of the Netherlands Gezondheidsraad
Contact Address:
Postbus 16052, 2500 BB Den Haag, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 70 340 7520;Fax: +31 70 340 7523
Contact Name:
info@gr.nl
Contact Email:
info@gr.nl
Copyright:
Health Council of the Netherlands, Gezondheidsraad (GR)
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA or other HTA producer. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.