§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that manufacturers of cleaning materials which contain carbon tetrachloride label the bottles in which their products are sold to the public with a warning of their toxic effects.
§ Mr. George ThomasMost manufacturers of cleaning fluids containing carbon tetrachloride already attach a label to their products warning the public against inhaling the vapour or using the cleaner in an unventilated space. At the request of my Department, the label also includes 21W advice that the cleaner should be kept out of the reach of children. It has recently come to my right hon. and learned Friend's notice, however, following a newspaper article, that the products of one manufacturer carry no warning labels and the matter is accordingly being taken up with the manufacturers concerned.