Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68688
Plastics: Health Hazards
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 25 July 2025
Question
Jayne Kirkham
Labour (Co-op) — Truro and Falmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the health risks posed by (a) microplastics and (b) plastic-related toxins to (i) people and (ii) ecosystems.
Answer
Emma HardyUnder the 2022/23 UK REACH Work Programme, Defra initiated a research proposal to investigate the risks of intentionally added microplastics. The evidence project has reviewed their emissions, and the risks they pose both to human health and the environme...
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