Correspondence

Asbestos classification

Letter from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser to Iain Duncan Smith on the classification of chrysotile asbestos.

From:
Government Office for Science
Published
11 May 2011

Documents

Classification of chrysotile asbestos: letter from Sir John Beddington to Iain Duncan Smith

Ref: BIS/11/943

PDF, 157 KB, 3 pages

Meeting on the classification and regulation of chrysotile asbestos

PDF, 57.3 KB, 10 pages

Details

In November 2010, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser was asked by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider whether there was any evidence that would justify a change to the classification of chrysotile asbestos as a category 1 carcinogen.

This letter and the accompanying minutes set out the conclusions of an expert group on this matter.

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Published 11 May 2011

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