Circulation letters published by the Occupational Safety and Environmental Protection Unit

Occupational Safety and Environmental Protection Unit

Circulation letters are only published in German.

• Plasters, fillers and tile adhesives containing asbestos
  • Asbestos in plasters and fillers (Flyer BLB NRW)
• Ordinance on Biological Substances
• Substitution of disinfectants containing formaldehyde
• Formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde exposure in perfusions of test animals
• Handling nanomaterials
• Handling of carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic hazardous substances of category 1A and 1B
• Pressurized gas cylinders
  • Storage of pressurized gas cylinders outdoors (information from BG Bau)
• Registration of facilities for handling substances hazardous to water
  • Form for recording facilities for handling substances hazardous to water
• New Maternity Protection Act: Updating the risk assessments
• Cover letter for the Central Exposure Database (ZED) in the event of exposure to carcinogenic or germ cell mutagenic hazardous substances of categories 1A or 1B
  • Flyer ZED

Waste disposal

• Procedural instruction for standard laboratory waste_04/21
• Illegal waste dumping in buildings from 13.12.2018
• Safe disposal of laboratory glass bottles 02.03.2018
• Chemicals not approved for disposal from 13.01.2011