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MP backs calls for air quality investigation



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Published Date: 28 March 2008
EDINBURGH North & Leith Labour MP Mark Lazarowicz has backed calls for a public inquiry into claims toxic fumes are putting thousands of plane passengers and cabin crew staff at risk.
A new report claims contaminated air can cause breathing problems, nausea and fatigue, while long-term exposure may even lead to brain damage.

Mr Lazarowicz has endorsed a motion at Westminster supporting the call from pressure group Global Cabin Air Quality Executive for an inquiry.

He said: "Given the thousands of people from Edinburgh who regularly jet off, it's vitally important that passengers and plane crew get both protection and information about the potential health risks.

"Effective filtration systems are available for less than £10,000 per aircraft so there must be a good case for making their use mandatory in order to reduce the risk to the health of the travelling public and to the operating crews."





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  • Last Updated: 28 March 2008 10:22 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Environment
 
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mad scientist.,

edinburgh 28/03/2008 15:25:54
Mark Lazarowicz is right to ask that cabin air is better filtered to remove all toxic agents whether they be chemical or bacteriological. How many of us have caught a cold during a flight ?
But a wider issue is that of having so many domestic intercity flights in the UK.
The advances in high speed train technology and the ecological advantages of using electricity in preference to kerosene, should really mean that green taxes are spent on building a credible high speed intercity electric rail network and seriously reducing the number of flights within the UK, except for air routes to the parts that rails can't reach of course, like the islands.
Then maybe we wouldn't be having to consider where to fit in yet more airports.
By the way, what is going to be burned in jet engines once the oil runs out?, and don't all shout bio fuels!! because by then crops and farmland will be desperately needed for food, not for fuel.
Let the train take the strain........

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subrosa,

28/03/2008 15:31:26
I understand, in the days when smoking was allowed on aircraft, the cabin air filtration system was far superior to what it is now. In those days it filtered 50/50 cabin air with external air. Now it's all just stale cabin air recirculated. Saves the airlines money you see.

 

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