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• • 'No risk' for passive smokers LOti'DON: Non-smokers uw`.ak the equ.ivatcnl ol' occ cir~.rectc a accl; nt iaosc accordir.g ca thr iirs: detaited m;ucf,y on puxi:c stno:cing. Thc rrsuks suzzest che besluh risks from puive saioklnR uY non-esiateae.. Thc finding clnshrs wtth ceu H.r1LLSh DeparSL'letit of Eiea]Ch's estir».ate that zbout 300 non- smolkers die oach ycar from I11- nesses relaced to passtve sraoKtnR. The survey also shows cl-.ac non- smokers Orzithe in 100 taacs more air pollucto.: from othcr sourcr.; such as Detrol tumes. Scienusts at Hazleton Europe. a rt sezrc:1 laborz:ory basrd in rUorthern Englxnd, att.ached air :u n,ptic,K deviccs to 255 nor.- sz,iolan g vol.unteers for 24 hours. .Prcvious survc.va 11,1••e mzutJt• re- lit-d on questionr.alre.; sna cesUiiI,: 3j liv-I and unne. Dr 57mon Wonlf. xenlor lccturer ln coxtcology at QIIiver'ity College. I.U Lndot:. s.atd after studyuir the re- pc.rt: -This Ls thC fl,TSt time to my Ia.oWlcdgc chat u*,one htss at cually tned to mcusurc dlrtct.Lv th e It-v~Lc a( Pxposurc. ''This rccnrch suR~e,%t< thac pss- si,ne smoelnr 1s 2.n ur.I,KOy cause ol 4i»S c;L1zwr..• Zbe curvey u.as sponsored by uic CC'btre .`or trLCoor Rtselrch. all organLsauon funded principally Oy the US chemicaJ iadustrs• 5uc rr- cciving somc money from tnba.c.co ln teres ts. I: iound :nost of the volunceera were exposcd to the equivalent of )ust 11w clgarettcs a year and that even the highest exposure w2.5 ctic sarsc " only 60 ciftxrettW3 a ycar. Dr Kdt13 Phillips. who he.aded the research teatn= said: "I'zn nei- ttscr non-smoking or prosmok.i,ng. I'd be more conccrnca abouc filling ml- car up with petrol chan sittunc Ir 1 SR+okp Pu5." <U 7P,. TeIryraon ltu 1!9• JMMM