Aviation: Air Quality

House of Lords written question – answered at on 23 June 2011.

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Photo of The Countess of Mar The Countess of Mar Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the compositions of the triaryl phosphate additives used in the current fleets of commercial jet aircraft; which esterases, lipases, peptidases and other serine-active enzymes are inhibited by metabolites of triaryl phosphates; and which of these enzymes are important for neurological function and normal physiological health.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have collected data on the number of individuals damaged by cabin air exposures; and, if so, what were the categories of symptoms.

Photo of Earl Attlee Earl Attlee Lords Spokesperson (Department for Transport), Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

I refer the noble Countess to the Written Statement I made on 10 May 2011 (Hansard, cols. 37-38 WS).

The information available has been published in the Cranfield University report. The next step is for the research studies which the department has commissioned to be referred to the Committee on Toxicity. This will be done once the last study-swab test research-has been completed by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh.

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