Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Monday, 26 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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ROLE OF PLASTICS IN DIABETES

That this House is deeply concernedby the recent literature reviewed by Professor Miquel Porta of Spain and Professor Duk-Hee Lee of South Korea showing links between chemicals in plastics, including the now banned PCBs, the plastic-softenersphthalates and the plastic-hardener Bisphenol A and diabetes and obesity; notes that they are common substances in food packaging and plastic bottles; further noteswith alarm that both diabetes and obesity are becoming increasingly common, with diabetes set to rise to 10 per cent of the population by 2032; and calls on the Governmentto conduct further research to establish the dangers posed to the nation's health.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2922 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Alan Meale

Kelvin Hopkins

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Ian Lavery

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Diseases Health education

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk