WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1991
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BREN
"THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (BPD) HAS CARRYING OUT WHAT ARE KNOWN AS 'MONTHLY BENZENE IN AMBIENT AIR MEASUREMENTS' AS PART OF THEIR AIR POLLUTION MONITORING PROGRAMME.
"THE MEASURED LEVELS AVERAGE AROUND 10 MICROGRAMMES PER CUBIC METRE, AND IS NOT A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THIS IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY ABOUT ONE-TENTH OF THE NEW YORK STATE AMBIENT AIR STANDARD, HE SAID.
MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT BOTH UNLEADED PETROL AND LEADED PETROL CONTAINED BENZENE.
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THE OIL COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO MAINTAIN BENZENE LEVELS IN UNLEADED PETROL AT THE SAMB LEVEL AS THAT WHICH LEADED PETROL CONTAINED BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL
WHICH RANGED FROM ONE PER CENT TO THREE PER CENT.
SAID.
"THE RELEVANT BRITISH STANDARD LIMIT 19 FIVE PER CENT,' HE
MR BARNES SAID THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD SUPPLY THE EPD REGULARLY WITH DATA ON THEIR SHIPMENTS INCLUDING THE CONTENT OF BENZENE IN UNLEADED PETROL.
"THE EPD WILL ALSO CARRY OUT SPOT CHECKS ON BENZENE LEVELS PART OF THEIR UNLEADED PETROL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
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GOVT EXAMINES NEED FOR PARAMEDICAL SERVICES ON AMBULANCES
ITS
ON
A GOVERNMENT ADVISORY GROUP HAS JUST SUBMITTED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE NEED FOR OTHER PARAMEDICAL SERVICES AMBULANCES, INCLUDING INTRAVENOUS INJECTION, INTUBATION AND THE
ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS.
SECURITY,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ALISTAIR ASPREY, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE IP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HON
THE HON HENRIETTA
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"THESE ARE NOW BEING
CONSIDERED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION,
MR
ASPREY SAID.
THE ADVISORY GROUP HAD BEEN DESIRABILITY AND FEASIBILITY TRAINING GIVEN TO AMBULANCEMEN.
APPOINTED OF EXTENDING THE
TO EXAMINE RANGE OF
THE
PARAMEDIC
BARLIER MR ASPREY SAID FOLLOWING THE
GROUP,
DEFIBRILLATORS THE USE OF ADVISORY INTRODUCED ON A PILOT BASIS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THAT
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
ON
AMBULANCES
THE WAS
WERE AMBULANCEMEN
CURRENTLY
MR ASPREY ALSO POINTED OUT NOT TRAINED TO GIVE INTRAVENOUS FLUID REPLACEMENT.
/HE SAID