The use of certain coal tar dyes is already prohibited.
The following statement shows the quantities of intermediate coal tar products used in the manufacture of dyes, etc.
We do riot recommend coal tar disinfectants for use in all circumstances in outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are linked to cancer, are to be found in the coal tar lining of many of the older water supply pipes.
If a mouse is treated with coal tar once and is then treated again that counts as two experiments.
The use of coal tar in jam-making is not advocated nor referred to in the leaflet.
Some of the colours in the proposed permitted list are of natural origin, some are synthetic dyes derived mainly from coal tar.
At the same time, a considerable increase has been achieved in the completeness of the extraction of important by-products from gas and coal tar.
