834 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 16 December 2003, his views on the research report on adverse pregnancy outcomes around incinerators and crematoriums in Cumbria, north-west England, between 1956 and 1993, particularly the finding that there was a significantly increased risk of lethal congenital anomaly, specifically spina bifida and heart defects, with proximity to incinerators; and if he will make a statement on the danger that incinerators pose to health and the implications these findings have for the Government’s incinerator policy. [12002/04]

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834 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 16 December 2003, his views on the research report on adverse pregnancy outcomes around incinerators and crematoriums in Cumbria, north-west England, between 1956 and 1993, particularly the finding that there was a significantly increased risk of lethal congenital anomaly, specifically spina bifida and heart defects, with proximity to incinerators; and if he will make a statement on the danger that incinerators pose to health and the implications these findings have for the Government’s incinerator policy. [12002/04]

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