United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76561
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
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20 July 2020
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1 September 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that flame retardant chemicals from end-life sofas and mattresses are prevented from polluting (a) the air, (b) rivers and (c) oceans.
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20 July 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that flame retardant chemicals from end-life sofas and mattresses are prevented from polluting (a) the air, (b) rivers and (c) oceans.
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1 September 2020
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The Stockholm Convention bans or restricts the use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are toxic, persist in the environment, bio-accumulate in humans and animals, and have long-ranging properties. The Convention has banned some chemicals that ha...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-20/76561
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1226249
- uk · wq-1226249 · source updated 1 September 2020