Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13210

Lead: Contamination

Tabled: 8 November 2024

Answered: 28 November 2024

Question

Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of sediment-associated lead contamination in (a) river channels and (b) floodplains downstream of historical lead mines; and if he w

Answer

Emma Hardy

In 2008, the Environment Agency (EA) published the report: Assessment of metal mining contaminated river sediments in England and Wales - GOV.UK. The report brought together all available information on metal concentrations in river sediments, riverbanks ...

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