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In our Clean Air Strategy, published in January, we set out our ambition to reduce people\u2019s exposure to PM2.5<\/sub>, and committed to publishing a report early this year examining what action would need to be taken to meet the World Health Organization\u2019s PM2.5<\/sub> annual mean guideline level of 10μg/m3<\/sup>. That evidence is still being gathered, and we will publish the report in due course.<\/p> <\/p> We are the first major economy to set out ambitions based on the World Health Organization\u2019s PM2.5<\/sub> targets, and our Clean Air Strategy was welcomed by the WHO\u2019s Director General as \u201can example for the rest of the world to follow.\u201d<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many holdings were tested for bovine tuberculosis using interferon gamma testing; how many animals were tested in each of those holdings using interferon gamma tests; and of those animals tested, how many tested positive in each county of England in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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