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A sample sold as a hair dye consisted of two phials; one contained
hydrogen peroxide solution and the other contained one or more of the
phenylenediamines or toluylenediamines included in Part II of the
Poisons List. No declaration to the effect that the sample contained
listed poisons was affixed to the container.
Another hair dye was being sold without any declaration and was
found to contain paratoluylenediamine, a listed poison. The manufacturers
(a foreign concern) claimed that certain chemicals are added
in the course of preparation, which combine with the diamine and convert
it into a compound, which does not come within the purview of the
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, but the Public Analysts were unable to
subscribe to that view.
A third hair dye consisted of two separate powders and some tablets,
all of which were compound preparations.
A sample of Depilatory Powder which was being retailed in the
ordinary way, was found to contain 18 per cent, of barium sulphide and
should only have been sold by a registered pharmacist. Three similar
preparations contained only calcium sulphide as the hair remover and were
therefore satisfactory.