Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28813

Agriculture: Lead

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

Terry Jermy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) help mitigate the risk of lead contamination in agricultural land in (i) England, (ii) East Anglia and (iii) South West Norfolk constituen

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Defra monitors concentrations of ten heavy metals, including lead, in naturally-growing mosses as part of the European Moss Survey, which takes place every five years. The moss data provide a cost-effective measure of pollution deposition from the atmosph...

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