NEG – a possible way forward in
pan-European OEL setting
Gunnar Johanson
Stockholm, Sweden
Nordic Karolinska National Institute Nordic
Council Institutet for Working Life Expert Group
NEG
Nordic Expert Group
for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals
Task Produce criteria documents as scientific basis for
OEL setting by each Nordic country
Formed 1977
Yearly project since 1977
Funding
Nordic Council of Ministers 70 k
National Institute for Working Life, Sweden ≈90 k
Expert contributions from the Nordic institutes
Denmark - National Institute of Occupational Health
Norway - National Institute of Occupational Health
Finland - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Iceland - Administration of Occupational, Safety and Health
Sweden - Work Environment Toxicology, IMM, Karolinska Institutet
Secretariat
National Institute for Working Life and
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Why Nordic
Stimulate internordic collaboration
Uniform aproaches and values
Avoid duplicate work
Target groups
Nordic regulatory authorities (=prime target)
EU-SCOEL, WHO-IPCS,
and other international organisations
National/regional authorities & organisations
OSH services, toxicologists, researchers etc
Work procedure
Nordic authorities Submit requests + reasons
NEG Comments on priorities
Selection of documents to write
Identify & appoint authors
NEG expert Drafting instructions

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