Screen  Camelford residents, researchers say, after woman's death linked to  poisoned water supply

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7548.992-b

BMJ 2006;332:992 (29 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7548.992-b

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Screen Camelford residents, researchers say, after woman’s death linked to poisoned water supply

London Kaye McIntosh

Researchers investigating the death of a woman in 2004 from a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, which has been linked to the poisoning of the drinking water supply in a town in south west England, are calling for all local residents to be monitored for any signs of impaired cognitive function (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2006 doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.086553).

But local heath officials say that the health of local people is already under review. North and East Cornwall Primary Care Trust’s director of public health, Denis Cronin, told the BMJ, “When you read the report [published in the journal] you immediately jump to the conclusion that there is nothing taking place. But over the last 18 years considerable pieces of work have been done.” All the evidence showed that “the health of the population in north Cornwall is very good,” he added.

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