Of the 92 independently funded articles, 84 identified adverse health effects.
"The proposals for independently funded news consortia offer one solution, but their future is far from certain.
A political campaign independently funded by wealth outside the country was the only way any political change could have happened.
It is likely that Labour's plan to introduce independently funded news consortia, to replace ITV's regional TV service, will also be scrapped.
It says the project brings together figures from backgrounds in security, academia, human rights and humanitarian issues, and describes it as "independently funded to avoid any partisan affiliation".
Given the uncertain future of regional news provision, Ofcom has recommended a "parallel plan" based on "independently funded consortia" delivering output using a competitive funding model.
Some 3,500 pupils took part in the £300,000 (independently funded) local schools programme, which won BAC the best community contribution in the 2006 Wandsworth Business Awards.
The proposal for independently funded news consortiums was included in the digital economy bill published on 20 November, which contains powers for Ofcom to appoint them from 2012.
The company will be independently funded for 10 years with News Corp to hold a stake of 39.1% with the remainder held by investors in BSkyB.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport revealed today that eight bids had met its criteria in the first phase of the government's independently funded news consortium scheme.
