Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75813
Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Regulation
Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to further restrict the (a) sale or (b) use of (i)perfluorooctanoic acid and (ii) products which contain it.
Answer
Emma HardyPerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and related compounds are already banned in the UK under the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation 2019/1021, as amended. That legislation prohibits the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of PO...
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