HL Deb 17 February 2000 vol 609 cc162-3WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman on 1 February (WA 22), whether the results of the study of the long-term electrophysiological effects of sheep dip organophosphates in the mouse nervous system have been peer reviewed and published; if so, in which journal; and, if not, whether they will be.[HL1004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)

The following papers have been published, or submitted for publication, as a result of this study and it is understood that further data may be prepared for publication.

  • G E de Blaquière, L Waters, S S Kelly, P G Blain & F.M. Williams (1997). Acute effects of single doses of an organophosphorus compound, diazinon, on acetylcholinesterase activity and miniature endplate potentials in the mouse. Human and Experimental toxicology, 1997, 17, 56.
  • G E de Blaquière, L Waters, P G Blain & F M Williams (1999). Effects of single and repeated low doses of organophosphates in the mouse. Neurotoxicology 20 (in press).
  • G E de Blaquière, L Waters, P G Blain & F M Williams (1999). Electrophysiological and biochemical effects of single and multiple doses of the organophosphate, diazinon, in the mouse. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (submitted for publication).