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This government's post-Brexit plans for chemicals threatens human health and the environment

Kerry McCarthy, Labour Party

01 February 2018 • 4 min read

Labour's Kerry McCarthy argues that the government's approach to chemical regulation post-Brexit is jeopardising the health of the public, animals and the natural environment

The cross-party Environmental Audit Select Committee, of which I am a member, released a report in April 2017 looking at the regulation of chemicals post-Brexit. The government's response in September...

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