Advisory Committee on Pesticides Annual Report 2001

Appendix IV
Dr K S Richards Independent lay member (to December 2001)
Dr A Saleem Health and Safety Executive (started June 2001)
Dr D Swanston
Independent consultant
Professor GT Williams University of Wales, Cardiff (To November 2001)
Representative organisations
Mr R Billington
Crop Protection Association
Dr C R Coggins
Dr A Hay
Dr R Hartley
Ms J Hewitt
Mr J A James
Dr M Wilks
Secretariat
Dr I Dewhurst
Dr K Murphy
British Wood Preservation and Damp-Proofing
Association (to May 2001)
Trades Union Congress
National Association of Agricultural Contractors
(to May 2001)
National Association of Agricultural Contractors
(from Nov 2001)
British Pest Control Association
Crop Protection Association
Pesticides Safety Directorate (DEFRA)
Health and Safety Executive
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The Panel met three times during 2001.
Main issues considered during the year
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Use of reproductive end points in acute risk assessment.
Strategy for mutagenicity testing.
Pesticide-related ill-health monitoring.
Secondary exposure and Parkinson’s disease.
Consumer exposures to non-agricultural pesticides.
Analysis and evaluation of repeat-dose toxicity studies.
IGHCR guidance on uncertainty factors.
Epidemiology studies on pesticides – literature review.
Use of amortisation in operator exposure assessments.
Determination of dermal absorption values.