International Labour Conference

Specifically, the purpose of Convention No. 174, adopted by the International Labour Conference (1993), is the prevention of major accidents involving hazardous substances and the limitation of the consequences of such accidents. It plies to major hazard installations with the exception of nuclear installations and plants processing radioactive substances except for facilities handling non-radioactive substances at these installations, military installations, and transport outside the site of an installation other than by pipeline. 

Global Alliance Against Forced Labour (GAAFL) (2005) Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. International Labour Conference 93rd Session, report IB. Geneva International Labour OfOce. 

The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) was developed and structured on the basis of recommendations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972). It is a cooperative venture between WHO, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and International Labour Organization (BLO). 

From International Labour Office (1991) US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (1996) American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) (1997a,b) US National Library of Medicine (1997b) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1998) Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (1998)... 

The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) (1997) has recommended 5 iiig/m as the 8-h time-weighted average threshold limit value for occupational exposures to benzoyl peroxide in workplace air. Similar values have been used as standards or guidelines in many countries (International Labour Office, 1991). 

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