Question follow-through · 4001

Chemicals: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of chemical pollutants in water bodies on human health and the environment.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of chemical pollutants in water bodies on human health and the environment.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes extensive environmental monitoring. This monitoring supports the assessment of both current water quality status and longer-term trends, including the identification of substances causing failures of environmental st...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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