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Committee on Toxicity

The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has members with occupational health or clinical expertise; and, if not, whether they have concluded that such expertise is unnecessary for the effective evaluation of the clinical effects on humans and animals of exposure to toxic chemicals. [HL1391]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has several members with clinical expertise and one member with expertise in assessment of occupational health.