Acute Exposure Guideline Levels

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) are guidelines to prevent disasters. These guidelines are ascertained for one, short exposure (with a maximum of eight hours) by the air. The AEGL consist of different levels of toxicological effects. It subjects the 4 D’s: detection, discomfort, disability and death. The AEGL values gives the expected effects of exposure to certain compounds. So the compound can provide from detection to discomfort, from discomfort to disability and from disability to death. There are three levels of AEGL-values: AEGL-1, AEGL-2 and AEGL-3. The values of AEGL are determined for times of exposure like ten minutes, thirty minutes, one hour, four hours and eight hours. AEGLs are mainly used in case of calamities to estimate the exposure to certain compounds. After that, the government can decide to use certain interventions.