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Short-term exposure limit

A short-term exposure limit (STEL) is the acceptable average exposure over a short period of time, usually 15 minutes
as long as the time-weighted average is not exceeded.

STEL is a term used in occupational health, industrial hygiene and toxicology. The STEL may be a legal limit in the United
States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (U.S.
OSHA) has set OSHA-STELs for 1,3-Butadiene,[1] benzene [2] and ethylene oxide.[3] For chemicals, STEL assessments are
usually done for 15 minutes and expressed in parts per million (ppm), or sometimes in milligrams per cubic meter
(mg/m3).

The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists publishes a more extensive list of STELs as threshold
limit values (TLV-STEL).[4]

Similar national exposure limits

United Kingdom

COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health). [5] [6]

Australia
[2]
OES Occupational Exposure Standard [7]
France

VLEP 8h00 (Valeur Limite d’Exposition Professionnelle 8h00)

VLEP CT (Valeur Limite d’Exposition Professionnelle Court Terme)
Netherlands

MAC (Maximaal Aanvaarde Concentratie)

Malaysia

PEL (Permissible Exposure Limits)

Poland

NDN (najwyższe dopuszczalne natężenie)

Russia

ПДК (предельно допустимая концентрация)

See also
Permissible exposure limit
Exposure action value

Notes
1. 29CFR1910.1051 (http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10087)
2. 29CFR1910.1028 (http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10042)
3. 29CFR1910.1047 (http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10070)

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4. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (http://www.acgih.org/home.htm)

5. [1] (http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/harmful/exposure.htm)
6. [2] (http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/eh40.htm)
7. OES Occupational Exposure Standard (http://hsis.ascc.gov.au/) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201109050719
52/http://hsis.ascc.gov.au/) 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine.

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