What's new at HSE » 2008 » January » 25 http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Pesticide incidents report 2006/07 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/pesticide-incidents-report-200607/?rss= Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:23:25 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/01/25/pesticide-incidents-report-200607/ Field Operations Directorate staff investigated 100 reported pesticide incidents, including 38 cases involving allegations of ill health. PIAP considered 35 of the 38 reported incidents, the panel assessed one case as ‘confirmed’ and one as ‘likely’ to be linked to pesticide usage.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/pesticide-incidents-report-200607/feed/ Biocides withdrawal notice from EU Commission (Europa) http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/biocides-withdrawal-notice-from-eu-commission-europa/?rss= Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:55:48 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/01/25/biocides-withdrawal-notice-from-eu-commission-europa/ There has been a new withdrawal notice published dated 18 January 2008 on the EU Commission (Europa) website. This notice contains a list of active substances notified in :

  • product types 1 to 6 and 13, for which no dossiers were submitted by 31 July 2007
  • combinations, for which all participants have withdrawn recently
  • product type 19, for which the dossier was considered as incomplete

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/biocides-withdrawal-notice-from-eu-commission-europa/feed/ OSD procedure for handling decommissioning programmes http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/osd-procedure-for-handling-decommissioning-programmes/?rss= Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:17:21 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/01/25/osd-procedure-for-handling-decommissioning-programmes/ This circular sets out the key points about Offshore Safety Division’s role and policy in respect of decommissioning programmes for offshore installations and pipelines which BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) sends to HSE for comment.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/osd-procedure-for-handling-decommissioning-programmes/feed/ HSE policy for decommissioning programmes submitted to BERR http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/hse-policy-for-decommissioning-programmes-submitted-to-berr/?rss= Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:17:06 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/01/25/hse-policy-for-decommissioning-programmes-submitted-to-berr/ This circular sets out the key points about HSE’s role and policy in respect of decommissioning programmes for offshore installations and pipelines which BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) sends to HSE for comment.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/hse-policy-for-decommissioning-programmes-submitted-to-berr/feed/ National Mens Health Week 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/01/25/national-mens-health-week-2008/?rss= Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:17:06 +0000 HSE http://www.hsenews.com/2008/01/25/national-mens-health-week-2008/ 9 -15 June, HSE supports this year’s theme, focusing on men’s health in the workplace. The aim is to improve the health of men by encouraging them to take advantage of occupational health initiatives available in their workplaces and by helping employers strengthen and expand such iniatives.

Further information

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