Question follow-through · 12999
Plastics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastic (a) products and (b) packaging on human health.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastic (a) products and (b) packaging on human health.
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
Defra has been working with other government Departments and researchers to address evidence gaps and to inform potential action relating to the risks from endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Regulatory action can and has been taken to address these risks, in...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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