3. What impact do authorities have on VTRs?
In France, acute toxicity thresholds are defined by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and the Environment (MEDDE) following work carried out by a specialized commission led by INERIS. They can be used in the event of an industrial accident, but also to define risk areas around industrial facilities.
In the absence of French values, international values may be used (INERIS 2009).
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ANSES - REPORT, Guide to developing VTRs: criteria and methods (2010).
ECETOC - ECETOC Technical Report 43 Emergency Exposure Indices for Industrial Chemicals (1991).
ECETOC - Technical Report 87, Evaluation of existing Methodologies for setting Acute Exposure Threshold Levels to Derive an European AETL Methodology (2006).
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