§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has conducted into the health effects of electromagnetic energy subsequent to the study on electromagnetic fields and the risk of cancer, published in March 1992.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department is funding the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) to undertake a programme of laboratory research into the effects on health of electromagnetic fields. This work was under way at the time the March 1992 study from the board was published. The programme includes the development of methods of measuring fields' strengths, theoretical assessments of energy distribution within the human body 847W and the effects of fields on the development and behaviour of animals and cellular systems. Results will be published as the various studies are completed.
In addition, an advisory group to the board, chaired by Sir Richard Doll, continues to review new published information from worldwide sources.