WORCESTERSHIRE Health Authority believes a report about the possible health risks a Kidderminster incinerator could cause is flawed.

Stop Kidderminster Incinerator campaigners are angry it has taken the authority a month to respond to a report by a Belgian university, published in the medical journal The Lancet, which linked chemicals from incinerators to problems including infertility.

However, consultant in public health Dr David Kirrage said SKI would receive a letter within days - and would find there is more to the study than anticipated.

SKI spokesman Brian Jordan said fears young men living near incinerators developed smaller testicles and women smaller breasts, were "very real" after being backed by a lecturer in toxicology at Aston University.

But Dr Kirrage said fears about the burner, proposed by Severn Waste Services but rejected by Worcestershire County Council in April, had been properly examined.

He said: "We are independent and contacted both universities so it took some time to respond.

"We have found difficulties with the study as the Belgian site does not compare to Kidderminster.

"It was made in an industrial area which already has far more pollutants than an incinerator alone would cause, including a lead smelting works, printing factory and motorways running directly by."