HC Deb 14 June 1967 vol 748 cc85-6W
91. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, following the advice of the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee that the human intake of aldrin and dieldrin should be kept to the lowest possible level pending further toxicological evidence of their hepatotoxic and possible carcinogenic properties, he will introduce legislation implementing the recommendation that the use of aldrin and dieldrin in fertiliser mixtures and dips and sprays for sheep should cease.

Mr. Hoy

No. It would be premature to pick out these particular uses for im- mediate legislation. The Advisory Committee on Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals is already re-examining the risks arising from the use of aldrin and dieldrin and certain other persistent organochlorine pesticides. The Government is also receiving comments on the Committee's recent Review of the Present Safety Arrangements for the Use of Toxic Chemicals in Agriculture and Food Storage which recommends certain legislation.