Ban on production of bottled Correction Fluids
A Notification has been published by the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, Government of India in the Gazette of India
Extraordinary, Part l, Section 1, No. 163 dated 17.7.2012 on the
directions of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh in CWP
No.1332 of 2010 – Vyakti Vikas Kender Vs. Union of India and others for
regulating the manufacture/trade of correction fluid/thinner liquid,
which are chemical substances generally used in offices, and other
similar chemical substances. These have been reported to being widely
misused by children/street children as intoxicating substance/drug by
inhaling them to get stimulating effects like drugs. All State/Union
Territory Governments and various Central Ministries/Departments have
been requested to take immediate necessary action for enforcement of the
measures contained in the said notification, by sensitizing the
industries producing them and the traders/shop distributing/selling
them. The measures mentioned in the said notification to be enforced
include:
(i) Banning of production of bottled Correction Fluids
as well as bottled Thinners, of any chemical composition, both for ink
erasing purposes as well as for use as Nail Polish removers and similar
other purposes for retail sale.
(ii) Banning of sale of; bottled Correction Fluids as well
as bottled Thinners, of any chemical composition, both for ink erasing
purposes as well as for use as Nail Polish removers and similar other
purposes.
(iii) Permitting sale of Correction Fluids as well as
Thinners, of any chemical composition, both for ink erasing purposes as
well as for use as Nail Polish removers and similar other purposes in
the form of pens or similar devices which allow limited amount of the
chemicals to come out of those devices when used.
(iv) Mandatory warning should be made on the application
devices (pens or otherwise) of correcting fluids/thinners regarding the
effects on health on inhalation of vapor/consumption of the chemicals
contained therein.
Source : PIB
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