Table 2.

Occupational exposure limits (OELs) of a cohort of administrations for prominent VOCs

Administration	Chemical name	TWA (ppm)	STEL (ppm)
Safe Work Australia (SFA) (Australia 2019)	Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene Xylene Formaldehyde	1 50 100 80 1	Undisclosed 150 125 150 2
Occupational Health and Safety administration (OSHA, United States of America) (Kostoff 2018)	Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene Xylene Formaldehyde	1 200 100 300 2	5 500 150 150 0.75
Heath Safety Executive (HSE, United Kingdom) (Britain 2020)	Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene Xylene Formaldehyde	1 50 100 50 2	Undisclosed 100 125 100 2
European Chemical Agency (European Union) (Commission 2000)	Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene Xylene Formaldehyde	1 50 100 50 0.3	Undisclosed 100 200 100 0.6
Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India (Government of India 1948)	Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene Xylene Formaldehyde	0.5 100 Undisclosed 100 1	2.5 150 Undisclosed 150 2

Exposure limits for the time weighted average (over 8 h) and the short-term exposure limit (15 min) are presented for Australia, USA, UK, EU and India