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.
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