EU COMMISSIONERS BLOOD TESTS CARBON MONOXIDE
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BREATH tests carried out on 10 European Commissioners to show the dangers of smoking have failed to demonstrate the health risks, at least of passive smoking, with all officials passing with flying colours - including some ex-smokers. They were checked for carbon monoxide contamination, a key tobacco smoke toxin, but none had CO levels exceeding the CO pollution warning level in European Union cities: 8.5 ppm (parts per million), which is exceeded in smokers' breath, said a Commission memorandum. Instead health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou's ...
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