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Does the Minister accept the international research and the Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission Report (The Legacy of PCP and Dioxins in Aotearoa) findings regarding intergenerational harm from impacts not only on sawmill workers but also extended whānau and future generations? and 1 other question

Answered 38099, 39136 (2026)
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Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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  • 38099

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    Does the Minister accept the international research and the Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission Report (The Legacy of PCP and Dioxins in Aotearoa) findings regarding intergenerational harm from impacts not only on sawmill workers but also extended whānau and future generations?

  • 39136

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    Does the Minister think that the List of Occupational Diseases should include poisoning from use of PCP contaminated by dioxins?

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Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister for ACC

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I am not an expert on the impacts of various workplace exposures and therefore cannot comment on the report’s scientific findings. The last review of Schedule 2 used a panel of independent health experts to examine research on occupational diseases with regards to ACC cover.