Health and Safety Executive

HSC - Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS)

WATCH sub-committee agenda

11th Meeting, Wednesday 7th – Thursday 8th November 2007 Crowne Plaza, Birmingham NEC

Item Description Notes
Wednesday 7th November 2007 10.45am – 5.00pm
  Coffee 10.15 – 10.45 am
1 Administrative Issues  
2 The risks of lung cancer and mesothelioma from relatively low-level exposures to different forms of asbestos WATCH/2007/8
Annex 3
Annex 5
Annex 6
Thursday 8th November 2007 9.00 am – 3.00 pm
3 Minutes of 10th Meeting held on 19 June 2007 Matters arising / Secretary’s report WATCH/Min/2007/2 WATCH/SecReport/2007/3
4 Comparison between the dose-response relationship for the respiratory effects of respirable coalmine dust with similar relevant data available for other poorly soluble dusts of limited cytotoxicity WATCH/2007/9
  Coffee 10.30 – 11.00 am  
5 REACH – update on activities of UKREACH CA Presentation
6 Metal Working Fluids – update on progress within HSE since June meeting Ian Gardner
7 New and Emerging Issues - Horizon scanning within HSE and a review of 2 years experience within WATCH Patrick McDonald
Steve Fairhurst
  Lunch 12.30 – 1.30  
8 Globally Harmonised System for Classification and Labelling (GHS) – update on progress towards implementation and impact on current system Presentation
9 Date of next meeting 14th February 2008
Rose Court, London
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AOB
- If Members have items of AOB, please inform the Secretariat before the meeting

 

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