Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31460

Microplastics: Health Hazards

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

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 Dalton
The 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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