PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer February 1982
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23 FEBRUARY 82!
obert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the
Privy Seal, which chemicals used in the electronics intry may be used in Hong Kong but have been banned from such use in the United Kingdom.
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In Humphrey Atkins
The following substances are banned under the Health
and Safety Act for use anywhere: ffor
Betanaphy thylamine,
5 Amino Diphenyl, 4 Nitro Diphenly and Benzidene.
No similar prohibition exists in Hong Kong. However,
the Hong Kong Government have no record of any cases
where such substances have been used by the electronics
industry in Hong Kong.
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