Acknowledgements

Thanks are due to all the contacts and advisory group and the anonymous contributors for their help. Throughout the process, there has been input from a variety of people working in the field. As well as visits to people working in the Environment Agency and waste disposal authorities, an advisory group met on 15 October 2001 to discuss the report. Feedback from these discussions was influential in determining the direction of the project.

 

The research was funded by the South West Public Health Observatory. Constructive comments and input were made by Alistair Gordon (Environment Agency South West), Emma Hayes, (Environment Agency Bristol), Joyshri Sarangi (Avon Health Authority), James Longhurst (University of the West of England), Melanie Grey (University of the West of England), Rob Quigley (Health Development Agency, London), Erica Ison, (Oxford), Paul Johnstone (Greenpeace Research Laboratory), Martine Vrijheid (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and Ronan Lyons (University of Wales Swansea).