CIA responds angrily to chemicals allergy study
3 May 2000
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has expressed its anger and disappointed over a report published by the British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine. The report urged the government to tighten the regulation of chemical use, especially household chemicals.
The CIA has responded with the retort that the report does not take into account the valuable contribution that household chemicals make to the quality of life. However, the CIA does recognise that there are some individuals who are sensitive to some substances. CIA Director General, Dr Elliot Finer said: `This report describes the real problems faced by a small number of people. Some, for example, are sensitive to detergents. Others appear to be sensitive to natural gas when burnt in cookers.
`There can, however, be no question of society ceasing to use detergents or gas cookers. The truth is that the whole world is made of chemicals, some of them synthetic but most of them natural. The chemical industry is already very heavily regulated with the introduction of new chemical products strictly controlled. All controls and regulations are designed to protect both users of the industry's products and workers in the industry.'
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