Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31460
Microplastics: Health Hazards
Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of microplastic pollution to human health; and what practices he has in place to continuously evaluate the growing body of research on this topic.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK Health Security Agency is carrying out research to understand if there are potential health risks from exposure to micro and nano plastics through inhalational and oral routes, as part of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) fu...
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