§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information her Department has regarding any correlation between levels of disease and of air pollution; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department is advised on these matters by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants and by the advisory group on the medical aspects of air pollution episodes. The latter's three reports are in the Library; they are on ozone; on sulphur dioxide, acid aerosols and particulates; and on oxides of nitrogen. MAAPE is reviewing the evidence in its current assessment of the interaction of all traffic pollutants. Also, COMEAP has formed two sub-groups; one is to consider the relationship between air pollution and asthma and the other the medical effects of particulates in the air.
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