HSE is proud to support the UN and our partners worldwide, reminding everyone that women and girls play a critical role in science and technology communities.   

 

The UK Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Dame Angela McLean, recorded a message for our celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February.

 

Watch the video on Linkedin

 

HSE employs women in a range of scientific disciplines. You can read about what working in science means to three of them.

 

For further information on how science is supporting HSE’s strategic objective, protecting people and places, see our Annual Science Review 2023. 

Assessment of the strength of evidence underpinning the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reclassification of welding fume as carcinogenic to humans 

 

HSE requested the opinion of WHEC on the strength of the evidence on reclassification, particularly on whether a distinction should be made between fumes from different types of metal or different processes. 

  

Watch the WHEC seminar video on YouTube

  

Read the full WHEC evidence review paper (.pdf), or for more information visit the WHEC webpage. 

It was Professor Dame Angela’s first visit to see the laboratory in action and some of the fantastic science, engineering and analysis work from science colleagues across HSE.

 

Watch our video of Professor Dame Angela on Linkedin as she shares her reflections on her day at Buxton.