Pesticides Adverse Health Effect Surveillance Working Group - Second Meeting Agenda 23 March 2010

Second Meeting on 23 March 2010 at 11:00 am in Conference Room 1, Foss House, Peasholme Green, York.

Agenda

1 Introduction – Professor Jon Ayres

1. Code of conduct for meetings held in open session - PAHES 1 (2/2010)
2. Aim of the second meeting: to consider exposures to pesticides; who is exposed how frequently and to what
3. To consider statistics available on pesticide use
4. To consider possibilities for spatio- temporal statistical methods to harmonise data sets
5. To consider level of resolution of statistical information

2 Minutes of the 1st meeting PAHES 2 (2/2010)

3 Matters arising:

• 3a Progress with draft report - PAHES 3 (2/2010)/PAHES 4 (2/2010)
• 3b Additional background papers produced - PAHES 6 (2/2010) to PAHES 9 (2/2010)

4 PUSG statistics Arable survey - PIRWG 17 (1/2010)

5 ‘Farm spray bureau’ report of the pilot scheme - PAHES 5 (2/2010)

6 Sales information - ACP 15 (341/2010)

7 Outline of work of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Imperial College London

8 Discussion of statistical possibilities and limitations to improving information on general exposures to pesticides

9 Conclusions to be taken forward in the report

10 Date of the next meeting: