COT joint reports | Committee on Toxicity

Dr Cheryl Scudamore | Committee on Toxicity

Emerita Professor Shirley Price - Deputy Chair | Committee on Toxicity

Dr Steve Enoch | Committee on Toxicity

Professor Matthew Wright BSc PhD | Committee on Toxicity

Professor Peter Barlow | Committee on Toxicity

COT seminars and joint meetings | Committee on Toxicity

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

Title / URL	Issues
COT joint reports \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/COTjointreports	4
Dr Cheryl Scudamore \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/cherylscudamore	2
Emerita Professor Shirley Price - Deputy Chair \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/EmeritaProfessorShirleyPrice	2
Dr Steve Enoch \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/Dr%20Steve%20Enoch	2
Professor Matthew Wright BSc PhD \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/matthewwright	2
Professor Peter Barlow \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/Professor%20Peter%20Barlow	2
COT seminars and joint meetings \| Committee on Toxicitycot.food.gov.uk/COTseminarsandjointmeetings	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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