Lead: Contamination
Commons · Question 13215 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Food Standards Agency's planned review of dietary lead will consider the extent of contamination up to 100 kilometres downstream of historical lead mining sites.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 14 Nov 2024
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to review dietary lead as part of its rolling programme of risk analysis of environmental contaminants in food. This will include consideration of areas where exposure is likely to be higher. Scoping work has st...