Lye Legislation

Children are often innocent victims of lye and other corrosives. At the last annual meeting of the American Medical Association, a resolution was adopted urging Congress to prepare legislation, which would cause manufacturers to protect the public from packages containing corrosive acids, alkalis, lye--thus preventing needless suffering and 'death. At present, only two States have laws regulating the manufacture of lye. A bill, suitable to manufacturers and to public health authorities, has been introduced into the House, and hearings have been held by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.