short-term exposure limit

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short-term exposure limit [¦shȯrt ¦tərm ik′spō·zhər ‚lim·ət]

(physiology)

The maximum amount of harmful gas or dust to which a person may be exposed for a brief period (usually 15 minutes) without being physically harmed. Abbreviated STEL.

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9 parts per million (ppm), three times the occupational short-term exposure limit.

Meth's pollution epidemic by Potera, Carol / Environmental Health Perspectives

Santa Clarita had a record smoggy season last year, with 25 days exceeding the short-term exposure limit.

VALLEY CATCHES SOME FRESH AIR COOLER SUMMER HELPING KEEP SMOG AT BAY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The final standard, which is expected to prevent at least 79 cancer deaths over a 45-year working lifetime, also includes a 15-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of 5 ppm and an action level of 0.

OSHA cuts butadiene permissable exposure limit to 1 ppm upon joint ... by Rubber World

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