§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what research has been carried out on his behalf, and by which organisations, into pollutants in the home in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years. [11273]
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§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe Department of the Environment has commissioned a substantial body of research into pollutants in the home over recent years. The research contracts which have been let over the past five years, and the organisations performing these contracts, are as follows:
Contract title Contractor Contract duration Indoor air quality Building Research 1990–93 Establishment 1993–96 1996–99 Assessment of the risks to health and well being of occupants from exposure to various pollutants in homes MRC Institute for Environment and Health 1994–99 ALSPAC daily health diaries University of Bristol 1994–95 The siting of carbon monoxide detectors for use in domestic premises Building Research Establishment (joint DoE/HSE contract) 1995–97 Size Selective Sampling of Indoor Air Quality—Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and Allergens AEA Technology 1996–98 Estimation of Personal Exposures to Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants University of Birmingham 1996–98