§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the sites in the United Kingdom being monitored for dioxin emissions. [7208]
§ Mr. BoswellThe Ministry has collected cows' milk from farms around 29 industrial sites representative of processes that may release dioxins or related compounds. These sites are:
- Chineham Municipal Waste Incinerator, Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Otterbourne Municipal Waste Incinerator, Winchester, Hampshire
- Brockhampton Municipal Waste Incinerator, Havant, Hampshire
- Vine Street Incinerator Plant, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- Avonmouth Refuse Disposal Works, Bristol, Avon
- Stoke Incineration Plant, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Coventry Waste Reduction Unit, Coventry, West Midlands
- Eastcroft Municipal Waste Incinerator, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Coleshill Sludge Disposal Plant, Coleshill, Warwickshire
- Hillingdon Hospital Incinerator, Uxbridge, Middlesex
- New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Cherry Tree Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Runcorn, Cheshire
- Cleanaway Ltd. Incineration Plant, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Fine Organics Ltd., Middlesbrough, Cleveland
- Polymeric Treatments Ltd., Kilamarsh, Derbyshire
- CBDE, Porton Down, Wiltshire
- Rechem International Ltd., Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire
- John Betts Refiners, West Bromwich, West Midlands
- Specialist Metal Services, Tilbury, Essex
- West Thurrock Power Station, Essex
- Tilbury Power Station, Essex
- Castle Cement Ribblesdale Works, Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Tip 2/1, Lostock Gralam, Northwith, Cheshire
- Sutton Walls, Herefordshire
- Higher Kiln Quarry, Hampton, Devon
- Villa Farm, Wolvey, Warwickshire
- Commonside Tip, Alvanley. Cheshire
Results are available for seven of these sites and none exceeds the normal background range for dioxins in milk.