The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS) provides expert advice on the science behind hazardous chemicals. It is made up of eleven scientists, drawn from both private-sector industries and public-sector non-governmental organisations and a lay member.

The ACHS is politically independent, and provides objective, impartial advice from a purely scientific perspective.

Latest news

• 27 February 2012 – Summary of responses published for The future of the advisory committee on hazardous substances consultation
• 13 December 2011 – Forty-third meeting minutes and papers
• 9 September 2011 – Forty-second meeting minutes and papers