§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what studies he has undertaken to identify risks to human health resulting from lead contamination from petrol entering the human food chain; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. BrowningMAFF routinely monitors the dietary intakes of lead by the United Kingdom population. The average intake is very low and in 1991 had further decreased to about half that found in 1988. The results of specific studies on the effect of lead fall-out from the atmosphere on the food chain, which would include lead from petrol, were reported in 1989 in "Food Surveillance Paper" No. 27 published by HMSO.