HC Deb 12 December 1991 vol 200 c487W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the United Kingdom red list of dangerous compounds.

Mr. Baldry

The United Kingdom's "red list" of dangerous substances comprises the following:

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