Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49283
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025
Question
Terry Jermy
Labour — South West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect the health and (b) promote (i) research, (ii) regulation and (iii) public awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Answer
Emma HardyFollowing the publication of a Regulatory Management Options Analysis (RMOA) on PFAS in April 2023, my department asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate whether to restrict PFAS in firefighting foams under the UK REACH (Restriction, ...
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