A FILM about the campaign to stop Westbury cement works burning waste products as fuel will be broadcast across the south west on Monday.

BBC cameras have been filming pressure group The Air That We Breathe over a three-month period for the Inside Out programme, which is screened at 7.30pm.

The half-hour show will feature the group's protest march through Westbury in April and show members lobbying the Environment Agency.

The Agency allowed Lafarge Cement to burn recycled liquid fuel in June for a six-month trial, but the group says the project still presents major health concerns.

TATWB chairman David Levy said: "They weren't that convinced that there was a story at the beginning. It's one of those things where it is difficult to see the wood for the trees.

"It was only when they went to the Environment Agency board meeting in Southampton that they got really keen. From that moment I think they realised the depth of the problem and made a commitment themselves.

"To cover a story it's got to have legs and got to run. Both of the producers have said this is a story that's run off the page."

The pressure group believes better filtering is needed to monitor next year's trial, which could feature waste such as screen wash, paint and printing ink.

Although the group's focus is on the Westbury cement works, Mr Levy hopes the programme will highlight what he says is more than a west Wiltshire issue.

Survey results released this year by the World Wildlife Fund and the Co-operative Bank revealed 100 per cent of people tested across Europe had toxic chemicals in their blood.

Ninety nine per cent of the samples included polychlorinated biphenyls, which are released by burning RLF.

Mr Levy said: "What I'm trying to do with the other cement community groups is get them programmes in their own areas. The more people realise that this is a national problem, the better it is.

"Unfortunately it's today's parents and children who are going to be the sufferers and the agency don't know what the long term effects are."

Lafarge Cement has always defended the trial as safe and TATWB is directing its campaign at the Environment Agency.

Announcing the decision to permit the trial, Agency spokesman Colin Babb said: "We have given full and thorough consideration to all the issues raised during the public consultation. "We are imposing strict conditions to ensure the environment and human health are protected and we will be closely monitoring the site. If these conditions are breached we will not hesitate to stop the trial if we have any cause for concern."

Further coverage of the clean air campaign is due to be shown on BBC2's Newsnight programme.