I WAS horrified to read that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are causing
female polar bears to change sex
(Â鶹´«Ã½, 9 September, p 5). It
stirred me to ask Chris Mullin, a junior minister in the Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions, if Britain was joining in the
international effort to stop these pollutants from getting into Arctic waters.
It is not the sort of subject that I’d normally expect to be at the top of the
ministerial in tray, but Mullin has responsibility for water and coastal
policy.
He replied that the government views as very serious…
