Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13211
Lead: Contamination
Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 22 November 2024
Question
Sir Julian Smith
Conservative — Skipton and Ripon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his department has made of the potential changes to the level of risk of lead contamination from flooding events due to climate change in areas downstream of historical l
Answer
Emma HardyEnvironment Agency (EA) monitoring indicates that climate change could potentially increase the mass (kg/day) of metals washed into rivers from historic metal mines. Erosion of spoil heaps during storm events can increase the mobilisation of metals into r...
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