The report into the Camelford water incident recommends further research into neurological conditions that could be linked to the poisoning, as well as investigations into young people and unborn babies in the area at the time of the incident.
North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson has met with the government's minister for Public Health, Anna Soubry, to discuss the report and seek reassurances that recommendations of further research would be acted upon.
The report, produced by the Lowermoor water pollution incident subgroup of the Department for Health's Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, was published in April.
Mr Rogerson said the meeting with the minister was helpful.
" She is clear that the Department for Health will want to conduct further research into just how people have been affected, particularly young people and those who were babies in the womb at the time of the incident, as recommended by the Committee on Toxicology's report.
"I welcome this further medical investigation and will be continuing to monitor the situation closely to make sure that the sub-group's recommendations are acted upon. It is vital that we get to the bottom of any long-term impact on the health of people that could have been exposed to the contaminated water,'' he said.
"The question of how the public authorities handled the incident at the time remains to be dealt with, and was not covered by April's report.
" The Department for Health believes that the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is better placed to investigate how the incident was handled at the time. I am clear that we need a proper programme of investigation about how the authorities at the time dealt with the poisoning and I am now pursuing this as a matter of priority with Environment ministers.''
