BASF has a long and comprehensive experience in exposure assessment of hazardous chemicals, and of health
surveillance, including human biomonitoring (HBM). This article provides a summary on exposure analysis by HBM
and health surveillance for mercury at the BASF Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany: the company’s occupational
health resources, related legal requirements, code of practice and directives, sources of potential mercury exposure,
and how health surveillance is conducted. It shares BASF’s experience in analyzing and controlling exposure to
mercury. The paper discusses the similarities and differences of the BASF Ludwigshafen approach with respect to
health surveillance practice for mercury in Malaysia.