Chloramine in tap water - is it safe?

Dear Sir or Madam,

This is a Freedom of Information Request.

My tap water is chloraminated by my local water company(Severn
Trent Water Ltd) and I'm concerned about the safety of this
chemical,which is linked to rectal and bladder cancers,is linked to
anaemia in children,and can apparently leech lead from pipes into
tapwater which can cause brain damage and low intelligence.

Why is chloramine now being used to treat tap water instead of
chlorine?

Is chloraminated water safe for human and animal consumption?

Who authorised the use of chloramine in UK drinking water,and when
did this take place?

Have the effects of chloramine consumption been studied on behalf
of any British govermenment agency - what were the findings?

Do you have evidence to show that chloramine is safe for human and
animal consumption - I would like to see any evidence.

Yours faithfully,

M Jones

Dear Sir or Madam,

This request is overdue a response.
By law,the Health Protection Agency should have answered promptly.
You are now breaking the law to have not replied by the 23rd
October 2009.

Yours faithfully,

M Jones

Dear Leigh Kelly,

Thank you for your response.
Of the five questions I posed in my quest for information about
chloramine,you have only provided a very partial response to the
second and fifth questions (within the World Health Organisation
PDF report you provide a link to),and this report hardly makes for
reassuring reading.
It is questionable whether simply linking to this organisation's
website is even a legitimate method of responding to a FOI
request?What evidence is there that this information can be trusted
as valid and true?This applies to all of the other links you've
provided.

You have not provided any information in response to the other
three questions.
I would now very much like for you to provide a FULL response to my
request for information,as is required by law.

Yours sincerely,

M Jones

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Health Protection
Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Chloramine in tap water - is
it safe?'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ch...

Yours faithfully,

Michael Jones

Dear Health Protection Agency,

Thank you for your response.

Is the reason for you being unable to provide a British Standard
(BS:EN) for chloramine that such a standard does not actually exist
for this chemical?

It is interesting to note that whilst you claim you do not have
access to the British Standard (BS:EN) for chloramine,yet you
provide me with the British Standard information to two other
chemicals which appear to have no connection to my Freedom of
Information Request - perhaps you could explain the purpose of the
inclusion of this data in your response?

I have looked at Annex 2 of the Drinking Water Inspectorate's "List
of Approved Products For Use In The Public Water Supply in the
United Kingdom" but can find no mention of chloramine - exactly
what information were you suggesting that I 'may' find in this
document?

Yours sincerely,

M.Jones