To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the evidence from independent tests of the safety of X-ray airport passenger scanners.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the evidence from independent tests of the safety of X-ray airport passenger scanners.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 2 November (WA 376), whether passengers suffering from medical conditions, such as cancer patients or those with BRAC-1 or BRAC-2 gene mutation, who have been instructed by their physicians not to undergo ionising radiation such as...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 2 November (WA 376), whether passengers suffering from medical conditions, such as cancer patients or those with BRAC-1 or BRAC-2 gene mutation, who have been instructed by their physicians not to undergo ionising radiation such as...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what alternatives to the Rapiscan X-ray machine will be offered to airline passengers who are at medical risk from radiation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what alternatives to the Rapiscan X-ray machine will be offered to airline passengers who are at medical risk from radiation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the health implications of the increased usage of x-ray scanners on the general public.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the health implications of the increased usage of x-ray scanners on the general public.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evaluation he has (a) made and (b) commissioned of the potential health risks from the use of (i) high-energy and (ii) low-energy scanning equipment for the detection of smuggled goods and substances at ports of entry.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evaluation he has (a) made and (b) commissioned of the potential health risks from the use of (i) high-energy and (ii) low-energy scanning equipment for the detection of smuggled goods and substances at ports of entry.

What efforts are being made to ensure that patients for whom myelography is proposed are made fully aware of the risks of that specific form of treatment. (Holding answer 11 January 1993).

What efforts are being made to ensure that patients for whom myelography is proposed are made fully aware of the risks of that specific form of treatment. (Holding answer 11 January 1993).

What is his estimate of the amount of damage to patients, and the number affected that has occurred as a result of excessive medical radiation; if he will conduct an inquiry into the amount of radiation hospitals are giving their patients by X-rays; & make it his policy to identify...

What is his estimate of the amount of damage to patients, and the number affected that has occurred as a result of excessive medical radiation; if he will conduct an inquiry into the amount of radiation hospitals are giving their patients by X-rays; & make it his policy to identify...

How many members of staff of X-ray department at Southern general hospital have suffered health problems as a result of excessive chemical fumes arising out of X-ray process.

How many members of staff of X-ray department at Southern general hospital have suffered health problems as a result of excessive chemical fumes arising out of X-ray process.

What investigations have been carried out to determine whether an excess of chemical fumes exists or existed in X-ray department of Southern general hospital; what were findings; when they were made known to management; what recommendations were made & what remedial action has been taken.

What investigations have been carried out to determine whether an excess of chemical fumes exists or existed in X-ray department of Southern general hospital; what were findings; when they were made known to management; what recommendations were made & what remedial action has been taken.