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SUSTAINABLE
TLV®/BEI® PROGRAM
In 2008,
FOHS created the “Sustainable
TLV®/BEI® Fund
(the Fund).” The core purpose of the Fund is to develop sustainable
financial support to ensure the continued development of TLVs® and
BEIs®. The Fund will initially be managed and overseen
by a four-member Board of Governors consisting of two representatives
appointed by the
FOHS Board of Trustees and two representatives
appointed by the ACGIH® Board
of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Governors will rotate annually
between the two organizations’ representatives.
The Fund was created to address the following factors:
- Since its
inception, the core purpose and “cause” of
ACGIH® has been to protect workplace employees through the development
of science-based occupational exposure guidelines widely known as
the TLVs® and BEIs®. These guidelines
have become recognized throughout the world as forming the scientific
basis for subsequent development of workplace standards. The potential
loss of the TLVs® and BEIs® would result
in a significant loss of basic worker protection.
- Current
economic conditions and recent legal challenges put the continuation
of ACGIH®’s core cause and purpose at risk,
namely the continued development of occupational exposure guidelines.
- FOHS has
the ability to solicit and receive donations and grants from
corporate, governmental and private entities alike. There are potentially
many entities that would provide support for sustaining the TLV® and
BEI® processes, and the Fund creates the mechanism for receiving
that support.
Through the creation of the Fund, FOHS will be able to solicit funds
to help support the continued development of TLVs® and BEIs®.
The purpose of the Fund will be to augment support for existing ACGIH® programs
used in developing TLVs® and BEIs®. The establishment of
the Fund will provide additional opportunities for raising funds
to support
and sustain the core mission and value of developing and promoting
occupational exposure guidelines.
Join your colleagues as an FOHS
Contributor to the Sustainable TLV®/BEI® Program.
Contributions are tax-deductible, as provided by law.
Click
here and
complete the online Contributor Form.
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