HC Deb 31 January 1995 vol 253 cc632-3W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been carried out by her Department into the health impacts of viruses in sea and river water.

Mr Sackville

The Government funded an extensive four-year research programme into the health effects of sea-bathing, which was published in January 1994.

The study concluded that bathing in water that met the current bathing water directive standards was not associated with overt infection or serious illness.