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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the information available on mercury contaminated sites in the UK. Defra’s Secretary of State, George Eustice, is required to exchange this information with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, the Welsh Ministers and the Scottish Ministers, regarding national level measures. This is to identify and assess sites contaminated by mercury and mercury compounds, as well as addressing significant risks such contamination may pose to the environment and human health.
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