Editing Threshold limit value (section)

== Similar concepts==

The TLV is equivalent in spirit to various occupational exposure limits developed by organizations around the world; however, the materials covered, values recommended, and definitions used can differ amongst organizations. These occupational exposure limits include:

===United States ===

*WEEL ([[Workplace environmental exposure level|Workplace Environmental Exposure Level]]), formerly created by a committee of the [[American Industrial Hygiene Association]]; as of January 1, 2012, new WEELs are created by a committee of volunteers that is supported by the [[Occupational Alliance for Risk Science]].<ref name="WEEL Development Finds a New Home">{{cite web | url = http://www.aiha.org/news-pubs/synergist/community/Pages/WEELDevelopmentFindsaNewHome.aspx | title = WEEL Development Finds a New Home | date = February 22, 2012 | access-date = 2013-04-26 | publisher = [[American Industrial Hygiene Association]] }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Other countries===
*Australia
**OES Occupational exposure standard<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hsis.ascc.gov.au/ |title=HSIS - Home |website=hsis.ascc.gov.au |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905071952/http://hsis.ascc.gov.au/ |archive-date=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Austria
**TRK (''[[:de:Technische Richtkonzentration|Technische Richtkonzentration]] trans. Technical Approximate Concentration '')
**MAK (''[[:de:Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration|Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration]] trans. Maximum Workplace Concentration'')
*Brazil
**LT (''[[:pt:Valor limite|Limite de tolerância]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://portal.mte.gov.br/data/files/8A7C812D3F9B201201407CE4F9BC105D/Anexo%20n.%C2%BA%2011_%20Agentes%20Qu%C3%ADmicos%20-%20Toler%C3%A2ncia.pdf|title = Ministério do Trabalho e Previdência}}</ref>
*France
**VME (''[[:fr:Valeur Moyenne d'Exposition|Valeur Moyenne d'Exposition]]'')
**VLE (''[[:fr:Valeur Limite d'Exposition|Valeur Limite d'Exposition]]'')
*Germany
**AGW (''[[:de:Arbeitsplatzgrenzwert|Arbeitsplatzgrenzwert]] trans. Workplace Limit Value'')
**MAK (''[[:de:Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration|Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration]] trans. Maximum Workplace Concentration'')
*Indonesia
**NAB (''Nilai ambang batas'')
*Malaysia
**PEL (''[[Permissible exposure limit]]'')
*Netherlands
**MAC (''[[:nl:MAC-waarde|Maximaal Aanvaardbare Concentratie]] trans. Maximum Acceptable Concentration'')
*New Zealand
**WES (''Workplace Exposure Standards'')
*Poland
**NDS (''[[:pl:Najwyższe dopuszczalne stężenie|Najwyższe dopuszczalne stężenie]]'')
*Russia
**ПДК (''[[:ru:ПДК|предельно допустимая концентрация]]'')
*Spain
**VLA (''[[:es:Valor límite ambiental de exposición diaria|Valor Límite Ambiental]]'')
*UK
**WEL (''[[Workplace Exposure Limit]]'')
*Ukrainian
**ГДК (''[[:uk:ГДК|Гранично допустима концентрація]]'')