Retailers commit to restricting the sale of corrosive chemicals following a rise in the number of acid attacks

<<PLEASE NOTE: This clip contains black gaps - third party content removed. VOICED: An acid attack can have a devastating impact on the lives of those targeted. According to police, 2017 is likely to have seen the most attacks on record, with the latest figures suggesting that the number of incidents doubled in the past five years. Now a group of retailers are committing to restrict the sale of the chemicals, readily available in commercial cleaning products, to anyone under the age of eighteen, in support of a Government campaign to tackle the problem. Sky's Dan Whitehead reports.>> on January 07, 2018 in London, England.
<<PLEASE NOTE: This clip contains black gaps - third party content removed. VOICED: An acid attack can have a devastating impact on the lives of those targeted. According to police, 2017 is likely to have seen the most attacks on record, with the latest figures suggesting that the number of incidents doubled in the past five years. Now a group of retailers are committing to restrict the sale of the chemicals, readily available in commercial cleaning products, to anyone under the age of eighteen, in support of a Government campaign to tackle the problem. Sky's Dan Whitehead reports.>> on January 07, 2018 in London, England.
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