In late 2009, Members of the Committee agreed to set up a short life working group to discuss bystanders risk assessment in conjunction with the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)
Terms of reference
The terms of reference for this working group were agreed as:
• To agree a definition of operators, workers, bystanders and residents
• To agree the nature of the exposures that require consideration
• To review the current approach to modelling these exposures for bystanders and residents in the light of current knowledge
• To review the approach to assessing the risk arising from these exposures in the light of current knowledge
Dates of meetings
22 April 2010
27 September 2010
28 January 2011
4 July 2011
12 October 2011 - Telephone Conference
7 December 2011 - Open Meeting and subsequent Closed Meeting
18 April 2012 - Telephone Conference
Agenda
Agenda for the BRAWG Working Group Meetings can be found here
Minutes of Meetings
Minutes for meetings are approved at the subsequent meeting of the Working Group, and will be published here
BRAWG Draft Report
The Draft Report of the Working Group (link) was discussed at an Open Meeting held in Nobel House, London, on 7 December 2011. Comments were invited to arrive no later than 17:00 on 15 December 2011. Members of the Working Group are grateful to contributors.
