Research and statistics

Reviews and reports on UK registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH).

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 29 June 2023

• Investigation of the need for CSAs and CSRs for substances registered in the 1 to 10 tonnage band

  Executive summary and conclusions Under Article 138(1) of UK REACH…

• Review of Annex VIII, Section 8.7 (Reproductive toxicity testing)

  Executive summary and conclusions Under Article 138(9) of UK REACH…

• Review of Article 33, Duties on suppliers to provide information and consumers’ rights to request information on Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) in articles

  Executive summary Under Article 138(8) of UK REACH (Registration,…

• Promoting alternative methods to animal testing

  Defra have contributed to national and international activities to support…

Explores the currently accepted calculations in the main test method used to understand how chemicals accumulate in fish.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 11 April 2023

• Lipid normalisation in the OECD 305 dietary test - summary

  1. Chief Scientist’s Group report summary This project explored the…

Reports on the environmental hazards and risks from certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) being made or used in the UK.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 4 April 2023

• Environmental risk evaluation reports: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - summary

  1. Chief Scientist’s Group report summary This project has produced nine…

Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 November 2022

Identifies a recommended approach to address the risks to both the environment and human health from unintentional mixtures of chemicals.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 17 August 2022

Examines whether the validity criteria specified by a widely used standard method for algal growth inhibition studies are relevant for Skeletonema species.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2022

This project investigated the relationship between the total body burden of a chemical in whole organisms and tissue-specific concentrations.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2022

Updates a previous Environment Agency PBT evaluation on LCCPs.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2022

A standard exposure model can identify highly persistent chemicals for which a more conservative regulatory assessment may be appropriate.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 3 February 2022

Environment Agency 2020 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 29 December 2021

Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2020.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 26 November 2021

The sources of PBDEs and pathways into the environment, amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The scale and impact of chemicals in the water environment. How the challenges are addressed and future challenges and actions.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The sources of PFOS and pathways into the environment, the amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The sources of PAHs and pathways into the environment, the amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The sources of cypermethrin and pathways into the environment. The amounts of cypermethrin in the water environment and control measures of use.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The uses of mercury and pathways into the environment. The amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

Environmental monitoring data on PFAS in English rivers, estuaries and groundwater.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 26 August 2021

This report (HPA-CHaPD-004) is a review considering the toxicity of combustion products.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Part of a collection: HPA chemical research reports
• Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 February 2010

This report (HPA-RPD-038) describes a study to assess the transfer of tritium to crops from soil treated with contaminated sewage sludge.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Part of a collection: Radiation: HPA-RPD report series
• Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 July 2008