HC Deb 12 April 1989 vol 150 c579W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish a list of those pesticides which he views as persistent and toxic and with a liability to bio-accumulate;

(2) if he will publish a list of those pesticides which are on his Red List for priority review.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 April, which included the initial list of priority substances posing a particular risk for the aquatic environment (the Red List) selected primarily on the basis of their toxicity, persistence, and liability to bio-accumulate. Of the substances on that list, the following have been or can be used as pesticides:

  • Some Mercury compounds
  • gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane
  • DDT
  • Pentachlorophenol
  • Hexachlorobenzene
  • Aldrin
  • Dieldrin
  • Endrin
  • Dichlorvos
  • Atrizine
  • Simazine
  • Tributyltin and triphenyltin compounds
  • Trifluralin
  • Fenitrothion
  • Azinphos-methyl
  • Malathion
  • Endosulfan