The Lagos State Government says plans are underway to ban the sale of plastic bottled drinks exposed to sunlight.
The General Manager, Consumer Protection Agency, Mr Afolabi Solebo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
“Plastic bottled drinks exposed to continuous sunlight are dangerous to health and cancerous. Therefore, it will be part of our public enlightenment between now and the end of the year.
“So that by 2023, we will not only confiscate such drinks but we will prosecute people that are displaying those products under sunlight.