Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Lord Bach (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004.

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Bach, Lord

Question

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 1 November 2004, 666 c8WA, what are the short-term health effects associated with the ingestion of pyridostigmine bromide; and how they differ from those of exposure to organophosphates; and whether the combined ingestion of repeated doses of pyridostigmine bromide (PB) and dermal exposure to inhalation or ingestion of organophosphate pesticides (OPs) would have any different human health effect from ingestion of PB alone or exposure to OPs alone; and further the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 1 November 2004, 666 c8WA, whether the fact that no case of acute organophosphate poisoning was recorded in United Kingdom troops in the Gulf in 1990-91 indicates that no cases occurred at that time, in the light of the statement in Health and Safety Executive guidance note MS17 concerning the difficulty of diagnosis. [HL 4789;HL 4791;HL 4828].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

666 c194-5WA; HL 4789;HL 4791;HL 4828

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Armed conflict Diagnosis Health hazards Iraq-Kuwait conflict Poisoning Pesticides Vaccination Side effects Organophosphates Pyridostigmine bromide