Written question asked by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 April 2016. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Formaldehyde
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2016 to Question 31000, what assessment the NHS has made of the potential causal link between formaldehyde contained in everyday products and eczema and other atopic conditions.
- Answer
-
The National Health Service has made no such assessment.
The NHS has to comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH). This applies in the workplace when hazardous substances are manufactured, used or where processes are undertaken that generate hazardous substances. COSHH requires the employer to carry out a risk assessment to establish what, if any, hazards are associated with products/processes employees are using/undertaking and then put measures in place to control exposure to those hazards.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 33502
- Session
- 2015-16
- Related items
- Subjects
- Health hazards Dermatology Formaldehyde
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2022-10-05 10:40:43 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/33502
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/33502
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/33502