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Regulatory Agency
Permisible Exposure Limits of
Formaldehyde
CDC
- Center for
Disease Control
OSHA
- Occupational
safety and Health
Administration
HUD
- Department of
Housing and Urban
Development
WHO-
World Health
Organization
NIOSH
- National
Institute of
Occupational Safety
* OSHA enforces
a maximum
permisible
exposure limit of
0.75 ppm during
a normal 8 hour
work day. All
values in this
graph are
based on an 8
hour work day.
