Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to initiate a study of the potential adverse health effects on(a) the general public and (b) the production work force on the development of the chemical ugilec.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Commission of the European Communities has recently made a proposal to the Council of Ministers for a directive to prohibit the marketing and use of ugilec 141 and ugilec 121 in the Community. I understand that neither of these substances has been used to a significant extent in this country nor has either been manufactured here. However, the Government will be pressing for a full assessment, at the Community level, of the risks posed by these substances compared with the risks of PCBs which they are intended to replace.