HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 c655W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of links between high-dose zinc supplements and prostate cancer in men. [126091]

Miss Melanie Johnson

[holding answer 16 July 2003]: The Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals recently considered the safety of zinc, along with other vitamins and minerals. It found no evidence of an association between zinc and prostate cancer.