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Microplastics: Pollution

Commons · Question 31055 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Alberto Costa

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains, published in Nature Medicine on 3 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the pot

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Feb 2025

Microplastics have been widely detected in the environment - in the air, soils, rivers, and the seas. We are aware there is still much work to be done to strengthen our understanding of the impacts of microplastics in the water and wider environment. Defr...