Commenting on the news, a spokesman for the DfE said: «As soon as concerns were raised we launched urgent investigations and while these are ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further. (educationbusinessuk.net)
DR ANDREW WAKEFIELD: Well, my message is for the Department of Health and the regulatory authorities, and that is that this needs urgent investigation; it needs funding and it needs the appropriate level of commitment in terms of basic scientific research and clinical research to answer the question. (briandeer.com)
Whether there is increased outgassing caused by the additional recent warming is an important question that requires urgent investigation, a point indeed made in Shakhova et al's 2010 paper in Science - PDF - see last paragraph. (skepticalscience.com)