Response to the Reply on behalf of the ‘Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area’ (MAK Commission) by Andrea Hartwig Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Calculation error in the MAK Commission’s document on GBS [3] when using the rule of three in Pauluhn’s volumetric model (we emphasize that the comment did not dispute the arithmetical error lowering Model B’s GBS limit value erroneously from 2.0 mg/m to 0.5 mg/m). Use of an MPPD2 program version in [3] that is outdated and no longer available to enable to replicate the MAK Commission’s conclusions. Input values in [3] that cannot be reproduced from the references listed in [3] or are not state-of-the-art. Inconsistent use of varying input data by the MAK Commission in [3] although explicitly specified as guideline in the same document [3].