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Blood Samples

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the average level among the UK population of (a) N-Heptane and (b) polybrominated biphenyl in (i) blood samples and (ii) fat biopsies. [71310]

Caroline Flint: No assessments have been made of average levels of n-heptane or polybrominated biphenyls in the United Kingdom population, either in blood or fat biopsies.