HL Deb 11 July 1996 vol 574 cc34-5WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they are now in a position to comment on the findings of scientists at Duke University Medical Centre and the University of Texas Medical Centre that the action of carbamates is heightened when they are combined with other pesticides.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

We still await publication of the research. I will write to the noble Countess as soon as it is published and officials have considered it.