Scott Samuels

Scott has worked for over 20 years as a Senior Toxicologist in the Chemicals Regulation Division of the UK Health and Safety Executive working on the evaluation and assessment of mammalian toxicology data for UK and EU pesticide and biocides authorisations. He has experience in evaluating a wide range of toxicological data including acute, sub-acute, carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, reproductive/developmental toxicity, epidemiology and data on modes of action. Scott has represented the UK on the EFSA expert panels on many occasions.

Scott acted as the Technical Secretary for the UK Governments Advisory Committee on Pesticides, Medical and Toxicological Panel for several years, writing technical papers and providing briefing to the members of the expert panel. Scott was an assessor on the Department of Health’s Committee on Carcinogenicity for over ten years (the UK Committee Advising the Department of Health on the carcinogenicity of a wide range of substances e.g. industrial chemicals, food additives, pesticides, pollutants). Scott has been involved in the production of National and International guidance documents on aspects of chemical risk assessment.

Outside of work Scott enjoys karate, costal walking and cinema.