To avoid acid attacks that target mainly women in different parts of the country, Colombian government is about to control [es] retail sales of caustic acids and chemical substances: sulfuric acido, hydrchloric acid, muriatic acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid and sodium hydroxide, in the form of aqueous solution and flakes.

RCN Radio informed on Twitter:

Gobierno alista decreto de reglamentación para venta de ácidos http://t.co/V9ABC4OXvz

— RCN La Radio (@rcnlaradio) Mayo 6, 2014

Government is preparing a decree to regulate the controlled sale of acids.