§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report those industrial chemicals containing trace levels of dioxin that have been reviewed for their health risks by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.
§ Mr. WaddingtonUnder its terms of reference, the Advisory Committee on Pesticides keeps under review all risks that may arise from the use of pesticides, veterinary chemicals not directly administered to animals and any other potentially toxic chemical specifically referred to the committee by Ministers.
Industrial chemicals as such are outside the terms of reference of the committee. It would not be practicable to list the formulated pesticides containing trace levels of dioxins which have been examined by the committee during the 25 years of its work.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report those official bodies other than the Advisory Committee on Pesticides that review health risks to human beings from dioxins.
§ Mr. WaddingtonOfficial bodies in the United Kingdom other than the Advisory Committee on Pesticides whose terms of reference would allow them to review health risks to human beings from dioxins are the Health and Safety Commission's advisory committee on toxic substances and the Department of Health and Social Services committees on toxicity, carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment.