Health and Safety Executive

HSC - Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS)

WATCH sub-committee agenda

20th meeting - HSE Chemicals Regulation Directorate, Room 202, Mallard House, York, 11.00 – 15.30

Item  Coffee 10.30 – 11 am  Notes
1 Welcome and apologies  
2 Asbestos: finalisation and confirmation of the position statement of WATCH following the Oct 2010 meeting and subsequent e-mail consultation WATCH/2011/1
3 Metalworking fluids (MWFs) and respiratory disease: presentation from David Neadle, chairman of the UK Lubricants Association (UKLA) MWF Product Stewardship Group, on the chemical formulation of MWFs – plus update on the overall programme of work on this issue.  WATCH/2011/2
4 Burden of occupational cancer in UK and the HSE/UK cancer/carcinogens intervention programme – preliminary discussion regarding the potential for a more substantial agenda item for June 2011. WATCH/2011/3
5 Minutes of 19th meeting held on 27 October 2010
Matters arising – Secretary’s Report (verbal)
WATCH/MIN/2010/4
6 Dates of next meetings - June 2011 and Autumn 2011  
7 AOB
- If members have items of AOB, please inform the Secretariat before the meeting
 

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