Ban butane gas canisters
Quoting the Solomon Star newspaper – 20 January 2020
“AUTHORITIES should ban the import the import of butane gas canister into the country because of its dangerous and hazardous effects.
“Medical doctor Dr Pedical Togamae expressed this after a six-year-old boy nearly lost his life at Burns Creek when an empty butane gas canister he was playing with exploded and burned his face.
“The boy was rushed to the hospital with a badly-burnt face.
“Dr Togamae said last year a similar claim of explosion has been posted in the Facebook but no one took them seriously.
“While we understand that the product was labelled, sometime our people are always ignorant to read or are illiterate and cannot read the safety instructions,” he said.
“He called on the responsible authority to seriously consider these and maybe just ban the product.”
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