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| 18 October 2012 |
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| 20 June 2012 |
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| 21 February 2012 |
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| 25 October 2011 |
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Solvent Red (dye used in non-destructive testing of metal components – Stuart Wilkinson from Keystone will update the Committee on the supply chain and use situation for products containing Solvent Red.
Burden of occupational cancer in the UKLong Latency Health Risks in Foundries Project - background and current standing of the project
Dustiness of flour dust – Gareth Evans of HSL will give a presentation on the factors affecting the dustiness of flour dust
Asbestos: Further work on measurement/monitoring
Low toxicity dust:
Electronic consultation of papers relating to Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive – members’ views on the processPublic Consultation on proposed changes to the Asbestos Regulations
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| 30th June meeting was cancelled and the next meeting will be held on 25th October 2011 |
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| 24 February 2011 |
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Asbestos: finalisation and confirmation of the position statement of WATCH following the Oct 2010 meeting and subsequent e-mail consultation
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.
Burden of occupational cancer in UK and the HSE/UK cancer/carcinogens intervention programme |
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| 27 October 2010 |
| Next meeting to be held on 27 October 2010 |
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- Asbestos : Chairman’s cover letter.
- Finkelstein etal 2010 - Malignant Mesothelioma Among Employees of a Connecticut Factory that Manufactured Friction Materials Using Chrysotile Asbestos.
- D Mirabelli et al 2008 - Excess of mesotheliomas after exposure to chrysotile in Balangero, Italy
- Pira et al 2009 - Mortality from cancer and other causes in the Balangero cohort of chrysotile asbestos miners
- Loomis et al 2009 - Lung Cancer Mortality and Fiber Exposures among North Carolina Asbestos Textile Workers
- Dement et al 2009 - Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy in North Carolina USA asbestos textile plants.
- Asbestos : Additional note from Andy Darnton on Chrysotile exposure.
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| 23 February 2010 |
| 9 June 2010 meeting cancelled |
| Next meeting to be held on 27 October 2010 |
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| 10 November 2009 |
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| 12 June 2009 |
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| 24 February 2009 |
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| 23 - 24 October 2008 |
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Futures (Horizon Scanning)
SCOEL activities |
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| 17 June 2008 |
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| 14 February 2008 |
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| 7 & 8 November 2007 |
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| 19 June 2007 |
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| 22 February 2007 |
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- How to progress the identified “emerging issue” of reviewing appropriate levels of control and associated terminology for “nuisance dusts” WATCH/2007/1
- Annex 1 - Coal mine dust as a benchmark for standards for other poorly soluble dusts, Partial Position Report, Prepared by Institute of Occupational Medicine for the Health and Safety Executive, Research Report 470, 2006
- Annex 2 - Soutar CA, Hurley JF, Miller BG, Cowie HA, Buchanan D (2004). Dust concentrations and respiratory risks in coal miners : key risk estimates from the British Pneumoconiosis Field Research. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61: 477-481
- Annex 3 - Cowie HA, Miller BG, Rawbone RG, Soutar CA (2006). Dust related risks of clinically relevant lung functional deficits. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63: 320-325
- Annex 4 - Assessment of the commissioned IOM Position Paper on coal mine dust as a benchmark for standards for other poorly soluble dusts
- Annex 5 - Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in non–smokers
- Annex 6 - Current occupational exposure limits for a number of individual dusts
- Extra material: excerpts from COSHH regulations and EH40/2005 workplace exposure limits relating to low toxicity dusts
- The risk of ill-health from low-level exposures to asbestos – exploring what can (and can’t) be reliably discerned about the dose-response relationships involved in “low level exposure” – initial discussion about scope of project and best means of its progression WATCH/2007/2
- Annex 1 - Hodgson JT and Darnton A (2000). The quantitative risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 44: 565-601
- Towards a modern exposure intelligence strategy WATCH/2007/3
- Secretary’s report WATCH/SecReport/2007/1
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| 9 & 10 November 2006 |
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| 20 June 2006 |
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| 1 February 2006 |
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| 5/6 October 2005 |
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| 5 May 2005 |
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| 13 January 2005 |
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| 10 June 2004 |
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| 18 March 2004 |
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| 19 September 2002 |
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