Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
Commons · Question 47547 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of organophosphate exposure from sheep dip on the health of (a) farmers and (b) agricultural workers.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 May 2025
The Government has commissioned a considerable amount of research to investigate whether there is a link between the use of organophosphate sheep dips and chronic ill-health. The outcome of this research was provided to the independent Committee on Toxici...