Working Group on Action to Control Chemicals (WATCH) agenda
Thursday 23rd – Friday 24th October 2008
Sub-committee of the Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances
14th Meeting, Crowne Plaza, Birmingham NEC
| Item | Description | Notes |
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| Thursday 23rd October 2008 10.45am – 5.00pm |
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| Coffee 10.15 – 10.45 am | ||
| 1 | Administrative Issues | |
| 2 | Asbestos : The risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to relatively low-level exposures to different forms of asbestos. What statements can reliably be made about risk at different exposure levels? | WATCH/2008/7 |
| Lunch 1.00 – 1.30 | ||
| 3 | Welding Fume and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | WATCH/2008/8 |
| 4 | Futures (Horizon Scanning) | Bronwen Ley (HSL) |
| Friday 24th October 2008 9.00 am – 3.00 pm |
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| 5 | Minutes of 13th Meeting held on 17 June 2008 Matters arising / Secretary’s report |
WATCH/Min/2008/2 WATCH/SecReport/2008/3 |
| 6 | SCOEL activities | Professors Hay & Levy |
| 7 | Lead : Current Regulatory Position | WATCH/2008/9 |
| Coffee 10.30 – 11.00 am | ||
| 8 | A Safe Guide to Handling and Disposal of Manufactured Nanomaterials | WATCH/2008/10 |
| Lunch 12.30 – 1.30 | ||
| 9 | Azo dye penetrants - update | John McAlinden (HSE) |
| 10 | Date of next meeting | 24th February 2009 Rose Court, London |
| 11 | AOB - If Members have items of AOB, please inform the Secretariat before the meeting |
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