Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances: Meetings
25th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS)
10.30 am, 5 June 2007, Conference Room 8a,b&c, Defra, Ashdown House, London
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
Approval of Draft Agenda
10:30
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 6 March 2006 and matters arising
ACHS/07/08 (pdf, 120 KB)
10:40
3. Feedback from the UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum meeting held on 23 January 2007
10:454. Review of three Defra-funded projects on nanotechnology
ACHS/07/09 (pdf, 40 KB)
ACHS/07/09A (pdf, 180 KB)
10:55
LUNCH
12:405. Nanotechnology: discussion of the data submitted under the Voluntary Reporting Scheme – CLOSED SESSION
ACHS/07/10 – Confidential. Details on the
Voluntary Reporting Scheme are available at:
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/nanotech/policy/
13:20
6. F-gases consultation
ACHS/07/11 (pdf, 20 KB)
Details
of the consultation are available at:
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/f-gas/
13:50
7. Nanotechnology: update on other research initiatives
OECD Programme; NANOMIST workshop
ACHS/07/12 - Annexes to this document are confidential (pdf, 40 KB)
14:15
8. University of Liverpool study on non-expert membership of scientific committees
14:35COFFEE
14:55-15:059. Pharmaceuticals in the environment: presentation from David Taylor (AstraZeneca)
ACHS/07/13 (pdf, 100 KB)
ACHS/07/13A – Further information on KNAPPE and EraPharm projects (pdf, 40 KB)
ACHS/07/13B – Environmental Classification of Pharmaceuticals in www.fass.se – guidance for pharmaceutical companies 2007 (pdf, 450 KB)
ACHS/07/13C – Flippin, J.L; Huggett, D. & Foran, C.M. 2007. Changes in the timing of reproduction following chronic exposure to ibuprofen in Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes. Aquatic Toxicology 81: 73-78.
15:05
10. UK Coordinated Chemical Risk Management Programme
ACHS/07/14 (pdf, 20 KB)
ACHS/07/14A – Environmental Risk Assessment Report for Long Chain Chlorinated Paraffins
15:40
11. Chemicals in groups
- Plastic additives – phthalates and trimellitate
- Selection of new group of chemicals for consideration
- Grouping of chemicals in Miscellaneous Substances
ACHS/07/15 (pdf, 40 KB)
ACHS/07/15A – Progress table of the consideration of chemicals in groups (pdf, 100 KB)
ACHS/07/15B - Case for support on phthalates and a trimellitate, submitted by the European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates, ECPI (pdf, 70 KB)
ACHS/07/15C – Presentation provided by ECPI to UKCSF in July 2006 (pdf, 450 KB)
ACHS/07/15D – ACHS Rapporteurs’ assessment of the data on phthalates and trimellitate (pdf, 30 KB)
ACHS/07/15E - Tatiana Netzeva and Andrew Worth, 2007. Classification of Phthalates According to Their(Q)SAR Predicted Acute Toxicity to Fish: A Case Study. ISPRA, EU Commission
ACHS/07/15F - Borch, Julie; Ladefoged, Ole; Hass, Ulla; Vinggaard, Anne Marie 2004. Steroidogenesis in fetal male rats is reduced by DEHP and DINP, but endocrine effects of DEHP are not modulated by DEHA in fetal, prepubertal and adult male rats. Reproductive Toxicology 18: 53–61.
16:00
12. Individual chemicals
- TBBPA
- Tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite
ACHS/07/16 (pdf, 30 KB)
ACHS/07/16A – Progress table of the consideration of individual chemicals. (pdf, 50 KB)
16:20
13. Any other business
16:30
Presentations
Annex B: Assessment of Regulatory Testing Strategies & Methods for Characterizing the Ecotoxicological Hazards of Nanomaterials (pdf, 50 KB)
Annex C: Current and Predicted Environmental Exposure arising from Engineered Nanomaterials (pdf, 2 MB)
Annex D: Reference Materials for Engineered Nanoparticle Toxicology and Metrology’ (pdf, 350 KB)
Annex E: Pharmaceuticals in the environment: presentation from David Taylor (pdf, 850 KB)
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