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However, I assure my noble friend that the Environment Agency is currently working closely with regulators and the water industry on a series of chemical investigation programmes to better understand how pharmaceutical companies affect our water environment. The Environment Agency has developed an early warning system to identify contaminants of emerging concern, including human and animal medicines and PFAS, to ensure any potential risks are considered to surface waters, groundwater and, importantly, soils. The Environment Agency is also collaborating with the pharmaceutical and veterinary medicines industry via a UK cross-government platform for discussing and exchanging knowledge on pharmaceuticals in the environment, because we need to better understand how to tackle such pollutants.