HC Deb 04 December 1987 vol 123 c759W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the maximum permitted concentration of 2,3,6,7—tetrachloro-dibenzo dioxin in the antiseptic hexachlorophene.

Mr. Newton

The licensing authority for medicines has undertakings that hexachlorophane used in the preparation of medicinal products contains no more than 15 parts per 1,000 million of 2,3,6,7 tetrachloro-dibenzo dioxin.

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