HC Deb 19 March 1990 vol 169 cc488-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the dangerous chemicals and substances currently on his Department's red list.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The following dangerous substances are currently on the red list:

  • Mercury and its compounds
  • Cadmium and its compounds
  • Gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane
  • DDT
  • Pentachlorophenol
  • Hexachlorobenzene
  • Hexachlorobutadiene
  • Aldrin
  • Dieldrin
  • Endrin
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Dichlorvos
  • 1, 2-Dichloroethane
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  • Trichlorobenzene
  • Atrazine
  • Simazine
  • Tributyltin compounds
  • Triphenyltin compounds
  • Trifluralin
  • Fenitrothion
  • Azinphos-methyl
  • Malathion
  • Endosulfan