ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES

Further memorandum concerning the provision of advice to MOD Ministers between 1994 and 1996 on the subject of organophosphate pesticide use during the Gulf War
October 1997

These two memoranda follow on from the OPPIT Substantive Report, and outline the provision of advice to MOD Ministers up until 1996 and the process by which it was discovered that false advice been given.

Letter from the Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of State for the Armed Forces to members of the House of Commons Defence Committee
October 1997

A letter informing the House of Commons Defence Committee of the results of the analysis by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist and of the advice provided by the Pesticides Safety Directorate. Letter from the Pesticides Safety Directorate, an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to the Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Unit of the MOD concerning the analysis of tent materials for organophosphorus insecticide residues
September 1997

The Pesticides Safety Directorate’s response to the MOD’s request for information on the health effects of the residue on fenitrothion found on one of the tent sections analysed by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist.

Analysis of tent materials for insecticide residues
August 1997

The text of a report by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist on their analysis of 12 tent sections purchased by the Scout Association from the MOD and suspected of being contaminated by Organophophate pesticides.

Memorandum concerning the provision of advice to MOD Ministers between 1994 and 1996 on the subject of Organophosphate pesticide use during the Gulf War
February 1997

Organophosphate Pesticide Investigation Team (OPPIT) – Substantive Report
December 1996

The Organophosphate Pesticide Investigation Team was set up on 11 October 1996 to undertake an urgent investigation into: i) the circumstances in which organophosphate (OP) pesticides were used during Operation (Op) GRANBY 1990-1991; and ii) the subsequent provision of advice on that subject to Ministers between 1991 and 1996. This substantive report was this first outcome of this investigation and outlines the actual use of these pesticides in Saudi Arabia.

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