The ‘Red List’ of chemicals that should never be disposed of down the sink through the sewerage system
Antimony (*10mg/l) Arsenic (*19mg/l) Aldrin Atrazine Azinphos-ethyl Azinphos-methyl Beryllium(*10mg/l) Cadmium and compounds Calcium carbide Carbon disulphide Carbon tetrachloride Chloroform Chromium(*10mg/l) |
Copper (*10mg/l) DDT 1,2-Dichloroethane Dichlorvos Dioxins Drins (aldrin, dieldrin, endrin) Endosulfan Fenitrothion Fenthion HCH (gamma hexachlorocyclohexane) Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorobutadiene Lead (*10mg/l) |
Malathion Mercury and compounds Nickel (*10mg/l) Organo-halogen compounds Parathion Parathion-methyl PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) Pentachlorophenol and compounds Petrol Selenium (*10mg/l) Petroleum spirit Silver (*10mg/l) |
Simazine Tetrachloroethylene Tin (*10mg/l) Tributyl-tin compounds Trichlorobenzene Tricholroethane Trichloroethylene Trifuralin Triphenyl-tin compounds Vanadium(*10g/l) Zinc (*10mg/l)
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* At point of discharge to the public sewer