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Pesticides

Volume 162: debated on Monday 27 November 1989

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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the pesticides/active ingredients for which he has withdrawn approval for each year since 1985; and if he will make a statement.

Approvals for pesticide products containing the following active ingredients were revoked:

1985

  • bitertanol

1988

  • binapacryl
  • chlordane (one remaining use which expires December 1992)
  • cyhexatin
  • dinoseb
  • dinoseb-acetate
  • dinoseb-amine
  • dinoterb
  • DNOC

1989

  • aldrin
  • captafol
  • dieldrin