Lead: Contamination
Commons · Question 13211 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his department has made of the potential changes to the level of risk of lead contamination from flooding events due to climate change in areas downstream of historical l
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Nov 2024
Environment Agency (EA) monitoring indicates that climate change could potentially increase the mass (kg/day) of metals washed into rivers from historic metal mines. Erosion of spoil heaps during storm events can increase the mobilisation of metals into r...