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
Labour — Paisley 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 CreaghUnder 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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