United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 18777
Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Regulation
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21 February 2020
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26 February 2020 · Answer
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26 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid is not used in the manufacture of goods and products; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations on th
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21 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid is not used in the manufacture of goods and products; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations on th
Source: Commons
26 February 2020
Answer
Perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds, was listed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) and banned from use under the UN Stockholm Convention with a number of time-limited specific exemptions at the Conference of Pa...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-21/18777
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1179383
- uk · wq-1179383 · source updated 26 February 2020