THE NZ Ministry of Health has
asked retailers selling mothballs
to remove them from sale and
is urging consumers who have
any such ‘mothball’ products
at home to dispose of them
safely subsequent to them being
identified as a toxic risk, especially
for children.
The Ministry said the
Environmental Protection Agency
had advised that chemicals used
in all currently available mothball
products were not approved for use
as a pesticide.
The New Zealand Pharmacy Guild
posted the Ministry’s directive on
its Facebook page.
The Ministry said on average
every three years two people
required hospital treatment for
eating mothballs or flakes, with
80% of these cases being children
under the age of four.
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