The aim of this paper is the definition of a new theoretical method for the evaluation of occupational exposure risk for workers involved in dynamic olfactometry. These workers, also called panellists, can be exposed to hazardous pollutants potentially present in odourous mixtures.
Despite the relevance of this topic, in the regulation and the scientific literature, a standardized method to evaluate the panellists’ occupational is not provided. Therefore, this work aims to suggest practical solutions for the risk assessment of olfactometric workers. The proposed approach is based on the quantification of non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk for panellists’, based on the evaluation of hazard indexes (HIs) and the inhalation risks (IRs) for the odorous mixtures.
The 6th meeting of CEN/TC 264/WG 2 took place online from the 6th to the 8th of April. This meeting was organized after the cancellation of the meeting in Delft, The Netherlands due to Covid-19 impact. There were three days altogether from 9:00 to 13:00 dealing with the comments sent by the experts of the member states to the group. Now the draft is one step closer to be ready.