Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances: Meetings
26th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances
(ACHS)
10.30 am, 11 September 2007
Room 808, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JR
Draft Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
10.30
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 5 June 2007 and matters arising
ACHS/07/17 – (PDF 200 KB) draft minutes of the 25th ACHS meeting
10.35
3. Feedback from the UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum meeting held on 10 July 2007
10.40
4. Presentation from Oxonica on the properties of nanomaterials
10.50
5. Updating the discussion on the assessment of metals for REACH and the MERAG and PRIOMET projects
ACHS/07/19 - (PDF 50 KB) Updating the discussion on the assessment of metals for REACH and the MERAG and PRIOMET Projects
11:20
6. Consultation on the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees
ACHS/07/20 – (PDF 50 KB) Cover document
ACHS/07/20A – (PDF 400 KB) Consultation document
11.35
7. Understanding, Assessing and Applying Non-Expert (Lay) Contributions to Scientific Advisory Bodies
ACHS/07/21 – Final report of Defra project CB01078 - Understanding, Assessing and Applying Non-Expert (Lay) Contributions to Scientific Advisory Bodies
12:15
Lunch 12.35 to 13:30
8. Interdepartmental Group on Health Risks for Chemicals (IGHRC) guidance for risk assessment of chemical mixtures
ACHS/07/18 – (PDF 800 KB) Consultation LetterACHS/07/18A – (PDF 50 KB) Draft guidance for risk assessment of mixtures
13:30
9. Nanotechnology update
- Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) on the testing of nanomaterials
ACHS/07/22 – (PDF 50 KB) Cover document
ACHS/07/22A - (PDF 400 KB) Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) opinion on the appropriateness of the risk assessment methodology in accordance with the technical guidance documents for new and existing substances for assessing the risks of nanomaterials
13.50
10. Chemicals in groups
- hydrocarbons
- chlorinated hydrocarbons
ACHS/07/23 – (PDF 50 KB) Cover document
ACHS/07/23A – (PDF 50 KB) Progress table for chemicals in groups
ACHS/07/23B – (PDF 50 KB) Cyclododecane PBT assessment
ACHS/07/23C – (PDF 50 KB) Alkenes, C20-24 IUCLID dataset
ACHS/07/23D – (PDF 50 KB) Hydrocarbons, C14-30 IUCLID dataset
ACHS/07/23E – (PDF 50 KB) Draft Environmental Risk Assessment Report for Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCCP)
ACHS/07/23F – (PDF 50 KB) Progress table for individual chemicals
14:10
Coffee 15:00-15:10
11. UK Chemicals Coordinated Risk Management Programme (UKCCRMP)
- Aryl phosphates
- Long Chain Chlorinated paraffins
ACHS/07/24 – (PDF 50 KB) Cover document
ACHS/07/24A – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Summary and Overview Aryl phosphate esters
ACHS/07/24B – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Triphenyl phosphate (TPP)
ACHS/07/24C – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Trixylenyl phosphate (TXP)
ACHS/07/24D – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Tricresyl phosphate (TCP)
ACHS/07/24E – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Cresyl diphenyl phosphate (CDPP)
ACHS/07/24F – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Isopropylated triphenyl phosphate (IPPP)
ACHS/07/24G – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Tertbutylphenyl diphenyl phosphate (TBDPP)
ACHS/07/24H – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: 2–Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate (2EHDPP)
ACHS/07/24I – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Isodecyl diphenyl phosphate (IDDPP)
ACHS/07/24K – Environmental Risk Assessment Report: Tetraphenyl resorcinol diphosphate (TPRDP)
ACHS/07/24L – Appendix B: Read across of data between the triaryl and aryl/alkyl phosphate esters
ACHS/07/24M – Appendix C: Data for other aryl phosphates
ACHS/07/24N – Appendix D: Consideration of hydrolysis
15:10
12. AOB
16:00
Presentations
- Annex B Envirox and Optisol
- Annex C Understanding, Assessing and Applying Non- Expert (Lay) Contributions to Scientific Advisory Bodies
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