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Acronym	Definition
PEL	Permissible Exposure Limit
PEL	Permissible Exposure Level
PEL	Primary Effusion Lymphoma
PEL	Picture Element
PEL	Projet Educatif Local (French: Local Education Project)
PEL	Pak Elektron Limited (Pakistani home appliances brand)
PEL	Plan Epargne Logement (French: Housing Savings Plan)
PEL	Pelagic Fish (FAO fish species code)
PEL	Pixel
PEL	Pulley End Left
PEL	Performance Point Expression Language
PEL	Power Electronics Laboratory (University of California, Irvine)
PEL	Paid Education Leave
PEL	Public Entertainment Licence (UK)
PEL	Portfolio Européen des Langues (French: European Language Portfolio)
PEL	Program for Experienced Learners (Eckerd College)
PEL	Phonetic Element (speech sound model)
PEL	Patient Education Library (various locations)
PEL	Phrenoesophageal Ligament
PEL	Physics Express Letters
PEL	Prioritized Effects List
PEL	Proximity Electron Lithography
PEL	Precision Elastic Limit (stress level)
PEL	Protocol Engineering Laboratory
PEL	Precautionary Emergency Landing (US DoD)
PEL	Portable Emergency Lighting
PEL	Potential Evasion Locale
PEL	Point Engineering Limited (Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
PEL	Primary Equipment Location

References in periodicals archive

All industries must comply with the new permissible exposure limit of 5 micrograms of hexavalent chromium per cubic meter of air (5 [micro]g/m3) for an 8-hour TWA.

The hex: New regulations for hexavalent chromium go into effect in late November

The mercury vapor concentrations detected in the enclosed setting, according to both personal- and area-exposure measurements, were found to exceed the OSHA 8-hour TWA permissible exposure limit (PEL).

Assessing occupational mercury exposures during the on-site processing of spent fluorescent lamps

OSHA's general industry regulations specify the permissible exposure limit (PEL).

Shingle-minded purpose: research in Minnesota has focused on market development for recycled asphalt shingles

Lead exposure to workers in the vicinity of remanufacturing operations was found to be less than one-tenth that of the OSHA permissible exposure limit for indoor lead exposure.

Remilling of salvaged wood siding coated with lead-based paint. Part I. Lead exposure

The rule, which would lower the permissible exposure limit from 52 micrograms to one microgram of CrVI per cubic meter of air, was published in the October 4, 2004, Federal Register.

SPI petitions OSHA on Hexavalent Chromium

Medical personnel determined that he did not exceed the maximum permissible exposure limit (PEL) for that radar, and his body suffered no damage [the details of this incident can be found in the winter 2003/2004 issue--Ed].

RF hazards can kill

Furthermore, there is no permissible exposure limit to mold.

Mold mania: an attorney who has defended builders against mold litigation offers a view from the builder's corner of the courtroom

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a request for information on beryllium that may lead to a revision of its permissible exposure limit. Beryllium was recently reclassified by the National Toxicology Program as a substance that is a "known human carcinogen"; this step will bring further scrutiny to potential exposures in the workplace.

Laboratory program for beryllium

NIOSH recommended in 1975 that the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for total chromium be lowered from the current 100 [mu]g/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter) to approximately 2 [mu]g/m3 as an eight-hour time-weighted average.

Carcinogenicity Alert: OSHA's Failure to Regulate Hexavalent Chromium and the Price Workers Pay

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reduced the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for 1,3-butadiene (BD) from 1,000 parts per million parts of air (ppm) to I ppm.

OSHA cuts butadiene permissable exposure limit to 1 ppm upon joint recommendations

GE initiated the research after a new OSHA standard (29 CFR 1910.1027) was published last year, which established a lower permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium fumes and dust of 5 micrograms/|m.sup.3~) of air (8-hr time-weighted average), with an "action level" of 2.5 |microg~g/|m.sup.3~.

Cadmium pigments no hazard in molding