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The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee is carrying out an inquiry into the impact of microplastic pollution in Welsh waterways.  Please tell us what you think in response to the following questions.  Please feel free to address any other issues in your response:

• To what extent are microplastics, including synthetic microfibers, a problem within Wales’ aquatic environment?  How does this impact on environmental and human health?
• What are the main sources of microplastic pollution, including microfibres?
• How comprehensive is our knowledge about the scale of microplastic pollution and its effects?  What should the research priorities be?
• What is currently being done to minimise the release of microplastics into the environment?  What more can be done, and by whom, to address this issue within Wales?

Please tell us what you think about these issues by emailing us at SeneddCCERA@assembly.wales. We ask that all contributions reach us before 21 September 2018.  After this date, the Committee will consider the responses and decide how to take the inquiry forward.

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