Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 29324

Microplastics: Pollution Control

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Alison Taylor

LabourPaisley and Renfrewshire North

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of microplastics in the environment, in the context of the potential impact of microplastics on levels of prevalence of heart attac

Answer

Mary Creagh
Under the 2022/23 UK REACH Work Programme, Defra initiated a research proposal to investigate the risks of intentionally added microplastics. It did not look specifically into any links between microplastics and the prevalence of heart attacks and strokes...

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