IT is infuriating that something as inoccuous as A-boards should be universally banned, although nobody can recall any accidents caused by their use. The same thing has happened to my favourite moss-killer, which has been withdrawn because it could damage your sight if you sprayed it into your eyes, although this has never happend in 20 years.

KEITH ELLEL, Westwood Avenue, Rishton.

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