Environmental and Safety Information

 

	Amending the bar on safety disclosure   325 kb
	The Campaign has responded to a preliminary HSC/E consultation on proposals to amend the statutory prohibition on disclosure in section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. April 2004.
	New draft Environmental Information Regulations response   228 kb
	The Campaign's response welcomes the new draft Environmental Information Regulations as a substantial improvement on the existing Regulations and the Freedom of Information Act. However, it identifies a number of other areas where the proposals fall short of the FOI Act, and calls for these to be improved.
	Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment
	Evidence on the Environmental Information Regulations 1992 to the House of Lords European Communities Committee. The Regulations implement an EU Directive and provide a general right of access to environmental information held by public bodies. February 1996.
	Access to Health & Safety Information and Personal Files
	Letter to Roger Freeman MP about the government's failure to introduce promised legislation on access to health and safety information and to personal files held by government departments. July 1995.
	The Secret Life of Pharmaceuticals
	This article about the pharmaceutical industry's resistance to greater openness about the safety of medicines originally appeared in Chemistry & Industry magazine, December 1994.
	Addicted to Secrecy, Lies and Distortion
	This article, by the Campaign's director appeared in the 'Observer' supplement on censorship, March 1994.
	The Environmental Information Regulations and THORP   204 kb
	These Regulations came into force in December 1992 and provide a right of access to environmental information. This report describes the Campaign's attempt to use the Regulations to obtain information about the BNFL THORP nuclear reprocessing plant. The report documents the failure of many agencies to comply and includes the Campaign's subsequent formal complaint to the European Commission that Britain has failed to properly implement the relevant European Directive, and letters to three Secretaries of State responsible for the non-disclosure. (87 pages) December 1993.
	Articles fromon the Medicines Information Bill
	This series of articles describes the Medicines Information Bill, a measure designed to remove the secrecy surrounding the licensing of medicines, which was blocked by the Department of Health and the pharmaceuticals industry. Published in August 1993.
	US Freedom of Information Act Reveals British Safety Problems
	July 1991. Press Release of the Campaign's report into the information about safety and environmental problems in Britain, kept secret here, but which is freely available from America under its Freedom of Information Act.
	Article fromon the Environment & Safety Information Act
	This article describes the right of access created by the Environment & Safety Information Act 1988 to inspect registers of fire, environmental and safety enforcement notices served by the authorities. Published in Secrets no. 15, Autumn 1988.