Environment Health & Safety Committee

The Environment, Health and Safety Committee is the RSC's focus for professional and policy aspects of the environment, health and safety. The committee aims to:

• provide a service to members by answering members' Email, postal and telephone enquiries and by publishing guidance booklets and short papers,   

• make representations in the public interest to ensure that public policy and legislation are based on good chemical science,   

• ensure that public awareness of health, safety and environmental issues is based on a proper understanding of the chemistry involved, e.g. by producing publications aimed at the public and professional briefs to help members disseminate information on topics of public interest.