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Chemicals: Health Hazards

Asked by Bob BlackmanConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 124543

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85312 on Chemicals: Health and Wildlife, when the UK Health Security Agency plans to publish biomonitoring data on the exposure of UK citizens to flame retardants.

Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson

As a result of the Human Biomonitoring for Europe work carried out by the UK Health Security Agency in collaboration with Imperial College London, a human biomonitoring module was implemented into the NHS Health Survey for England 2022-2023 programme. Samples collected in this study are currently being analysed to ascertain exposure within England to a number of priority substances.

Data on background levels of flame retardants in the population samples are expected to be published in Autumn 2026.

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