Factors potentially affecting the hearing of petroleum industry workers

Factors potentially affecting the hearing of petroleum industry workers

Report no. 5/05: This report aims at giving an overview of the various factors that may influence thehearing of petroleum industry workers, including the issue of ‘ototoxic’ chemicalexposure. It also provides guidance for occupational physicians on factors that needto...
Evaluation of automotive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions

Evaluation of automotive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions

Report no. 4/05: CONCAWE has measured PAH emissions from a range of vehicles and fuels. For diesel vehicles, the relationship between fuel poly-aromatics content and PAH in exhaust emissions has been examined. The programme focused on the US EPA’s Priority Pollutant...
A European framework for water quality

A European framework for water quality

In October 2000 the European Commission published an all-encompassing Directive for water. Five years on from the first concept, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) was intended to replace a patchwork of other legislation, often overlapping and even contradictory,...
ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council

ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council

Road transport is one of the greatest conundrums challenging the sustainability of our lifestyles today. Mobility is essential—for the individual, for commerce and for industry. Indeed, the increased prosperity of the past 40 years has been underpinned by road...