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UIN 29324

Microplastics: Pollution Control

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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5 February 2025

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19 February 2025 · Answer

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19 February 2025

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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

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  1. 5 February 2025

    Written question

    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

    Source: Commons

  2. 19 February 2025

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    Under 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...

    Source: Written answer

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