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2025 Bathing Water Compliance results for Northern Ireland.
Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.
General summary Radioactivity is all around us. It occurs naturally in the…
Technical summary This section is divided into the following topics to…
Foreword The UK’s environmental regulators and food safety agencies are…
Previous RIFE reports are available on the National Archives. RIFE 29,…
This report summarises the results of the UK’s ambient air quality assessment for 2024, presenting measurements from national air pollution monitoring networks and air quality modelling data. It provides a comprehensive anal…
1. Executive summary The UK’s Air Quality Standards Regulations (2010) and…
Summary of the work carried out by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food.
This publication reports on the number of carrier bags dispensed in the 2024/25 financial year under the Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland.
A summary of pollution incident performance for the 9 water and sewerage companies operating in England.
Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions using the Chow-Lin regression-based temporal disaggregation method, quarterly data.
A summary of the data on single-use plastic carrier bags in England.
An annual update of data on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK.
Local pollution control statistics in England and Wales 2003 to 2016
Insights into the sources, transport, concentrations, dispersion, deposition and estimation of airborne PFOA and other PFAS.
This evidence summary supports the 25 Year Environment Plan and its outcome indicator framework.
Annual summary of the work carried out by the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP).
Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions using the Chow-Lin regression-based temporal disaggregation method.
Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2023-24.
An annual publication covering the emissions of some important air pollutants.
Annual update to tables on emissions of important air pollutants in the UK.
How the Environment Agency has determined the baseline length of rivers and estuaries polluted by harmful metals from abandoned metal mines in England.
The problem of nitrates in the water environment, including sources and evidence. Current control measures, potential solutions and approaches.
Findings from the vehicle emissions testing done during 2024 to check vehicles conformed to European emission standards.
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