Cal/OSHA continues to seek numerous updates to its permissible exposure limits (PELs) with an advisory panel preparing to advise health regulators on a host of chemicals posing potential hazards at California worksites. California's Feasibility Advisory Committee (FAC) will meet next month to review health assessment documents for the following substances: trichloroethylene; wood dust in general, and western red cedar in particular; benzyl chloride; and 1,1,2,2 tetrabromoethane. California's efforts are being closely watched by stakeholders as a possible model for federal OSHA, which recently
December 30, 2025