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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Tyler: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if her Department will arrange for an early release of documents held by the Public Record Office, originated by the then Department of the Environment and the Department of Trade and Industry, relating to the Lowermoor Water Poisoning Incident of July 1988. [90032] Mr. Morley: I have been asked to reply. A report of the incident was produced in August 1988 and put into the public domain and two reports into the health of the people in the area were published in 1989 and 1991. Copies of these last two reports are in the Library of the House. Other health studies into the incident have been published in scientific literature. The report of the sub group of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, which is considering the continuing health concerns expressed by those affected by the incident, will be published by the Department of Health later this year. We are looking at our files to see if they contain any further environmental information on the incident that can be released and put on the Department's website.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90032; 398 c799-800W;398 c797-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Disclosure of information Pollution Public records Water Water treatment Public Record Office Camelford

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