Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Sound pressure level The parameter by which sound levels are measured in air.
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Sound pressure level The parameter by which sound levels are measured in air.
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (February 2024)Found: Sound pressure level The parameter by which sound levels are measured in air.
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of high levels of pollutants in food produced near waste incinerators in Europe; and whether they have any plans to conduct similar assessments in the UK.
Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) has not made any assessment of reports on this subject and does not plan to conduct any such assessments in England.
The impact on food produced in proximity to waste incinerators is considered as part of environmental permitting regulations. The EA is responsible for deciding whether new incinerators in England should get a permit to operate. For each permit application it receives, the EA uses the results of air quality modelling and a human health risk assessment (HHRA) to determine the impact of the proposed incinerator.
The HHRA assesses impacts on the food chain. Impact assessments are very conservative and permit decisions are based on worst-case scenario impacts.
The EA also consults the UK Health Security Agency and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on every permit application it receives and will not issue a permit if the proposed plant could cause significant pollution or harm to human health, including via the food chain.
The FSA is responsible for the management of public health risks in relation to food. In general, the FSA considers that if incinerator facilities are correctly operated and monitored, with the appropriate level of emissions abatement, there should be no impact on the local area in terms of elevated levels of contaminants in soil and locally produced food. Measures are in place to manage the risk from chemical contaminants and keep levels as low as reasonably achievable through good practices and regulatory controls.
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: UK condemns environmental damage caused by Russia's war: UK statement to the OSCEFound: These strikes have also resulted in air, water and soil pollution.
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: Environmental Factors: Environmental issues such as air pollution, inadequate housing conditions
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: s about 1 00 km above sea level (the Kármán line ) – an im aginary boun dary.30 At this altitude, air
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: pollution analysis
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government Planning Guidance - Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoodsFound: This can help to cut emissions, improve air quality, and encourage the repurposing of land to create
Mentions:
1: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) Rail passenger services that offer times competitive with air are essential to reduce the need for internal - Speech Link
2: Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab - Life peer) What a nonsense.The response of the wider is public is perfectly understandable: drive by car, add to air - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Transport also brings pollution, which is not the purpose of transport but simply a negative unwelcome - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) It focuses on the rapid development of technologies in a way that maintains the benefits of air travel - Speech Link