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Chlorine: Health Hazards

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 14682

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of absorption of chlorine or chlorine by-products through the skin or by inhalation during bathin

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Drinking Water Inspectorate has a consumer leaflet on chlorine which can be found here: Chlorine - Drinking Water Inspectorate.

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