We have implemented the Swiss air limit values (according to SUVA publication “Grenzwerte am Arbeitsplatz 2013”) of 2013 in our substance database.
On the basis of the changes listed below, you can decide whether your company is affected and contact us for an update if necessary. We want to continue this kind of information on our website permanently in the future (see overview).
For the region Switzerland (CH) the following changes have occurred.
Substance description | CAS No. | Remark |
Butyl hydroxyanisole (BHA) | 25013-16-5 | new |
3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol | 96-24-2 | new |
6PPD (DMBPD) | 793-24-8 | new |
Ethyl benzene | 100-41-4 | new |
alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane | 319-84-6 | new |
beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane | 319-85-7 | new |
Isopropyl benzene | 98-82-8 | new |
Tetrahydronaphthalene | 119-64-2 | new |
Thioglycolates | new | |
Nitrogen trichloride | 10025-85-1 | new |
Atrazine | 1912-24-9 | changed |
Lead and its compounds | changed | |
Butane (both isomers) | changed | |
Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT) | 128-37-0 | changed |
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyethanoic acid (incl. salts, esters) | changed | |
D-Limonene | 5989-27-5 | changed |
Diisopropylene glycol | 25265-71-8 | changed |
1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorcyclohexane (techn. mixture) | 608-73-1 | changed |
Thioglycolic acid | 68-11-1 | changed |
Some substances not listed here were only provided with additional remarks, for example on noise amplifying ototoxicity (OL). Information on the duration and frequency of allowable exceedences of the 8-hour average (lifetime value) has been removed generally.