§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what independent research the Government have commissioned on the health aspects of using mobile telephones and the level of radiation from hands-free kits. [137773]
§ Ms HewittThe DTI commissioned independent tests, published in August, on the use of personal hands-free kits with mobile phones. The tests showed that use of hands-free kit reduced exposure when compared to normal use of the phone.
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Generator Site name/location NFFO-3 Associated Energy Projects plc Portsmouth Incinerator, Quartremaine Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire European Development Corporation plc Copyhold Works Incinerator, Nutfield Road, Redhill, Surrey Enterprise Energy Ltd. Brentwood Steel, Beacon Hill Industrial Estate, London Road, Purfleet, Essex Pyrogen (Durham) Ltd. Easington Colliery Incinerator, Easington, County Durham Yorkshire Generation Company Ltd. Hampole Quarry Incinerator, Wakefield Road, Hampole, Nr Doncaster, South Yorkshire Energylinc Ltd. Boston Waste to Energy Plant, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire Sheffield Heat and Power Ltd. Bernard Road Incinerator, Bernard Road, Sheffield South Yorkshire Pyrogen (Notts) Ltd. Silverhill Colliery Incinerator, Silverhill Lane, Teversal, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Associated Energy Projects plc Lamby Way Incinerator, Lamby Way, Cardiff, South Glamorgan Pyrogen (Merthyr) Ltd. Taff Merthyr Colliery Incinerator, Trelewis, Mid Glamorgan Cleveland Waste Management Ltd. Haverton Hill Incinerator, Site B, Process Plant Park, Billingham, Cleveland Wolverhampton Waste Services Ltd. Wolverhampton Waste Incinerator, Corporation Yard, Crown Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands Dudley Waste Services Ltd. Dudley Incinerator, Lister Road, Dudley, West Midlands Associated Energy Projects plc Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator, Ardwick, Greater Manchester Associated Energy Projects plc Marchwood Incinerator, Bury Road, Marchwood, Hampshire Pyrogen (Kent) Ltd. Betteshanger Colliery, Northbourne. Betteshanger, Nr Deal, Kent Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd. Tyseley Incinerator, Tyseley Waste Disposal Site, James Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, West Midlands Associated Energy Projects plc Marchwood Power Station, Normandy Way, Marchwood, Hampshire Hanford Waste Services Ltd. Stoke-on-Trent Incinerator, Stoke-on-Trent Waste Incinerator Plant, Campbell Road, Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent Associated Energy Projects plc Chineham Incinerator, Reading Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire NFFO-4 London Waste Ltd. Edmonton B CHP Plant, Angel Road, London City Energy Ltd. City Energy Manchester CHP, Ardwick Goods Yard West, Manchester City Energy Ltd. City Energy Portsmouth CHP, Fratton Park Goods Yard, Portsmouth, Hampshire Heron Trust Ltd. Start Regen, Start, St. Erth, Hayle, Cornwall City Energy Ltd. City Energy Sheffield CHP, Warren Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire These tests were consistent with other tests that have been carried out internationally, but have been contradicted by studies commissioned by the Consumers' Association.
Both the Department and independent scientists have expressed reservations about the methodology employed in the Consumers' Association tests.
We are working with the Consumers' Association and urgently seeking to reconcile these conflicting test results.