§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research and findings his Department carried out into bronchial reactivity in bottle factory workers versus control subjects measured by methacholine challenge testing; and if he will make a statement. [31211]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe Health and Safety laboratory, an agency of the Health and Safety Executive, in collaboration with the division of respiratory medicine, University of Sheffield, is investigating a small group of bottle factory workers for respiratory illness. These workers are being compared with a group of locally-recruited control subjects. The results from this study are presently being evaluated.