As of 31 December 2021, 84 countries – comprising 43% of all countries – have legally binding controls to limit the production, import and sale of lead paints. In the majority of countries worldwide, using lead paint in homes and schools is not prohibited, creating a significant risk of children’s …
A tremor ran through the cutting- edge electric car industry last month. Mathieu Tenenbaum, working with French automaker Renault, was just another faceless name till then. But one espionage story that hit the newsstands made him infamous in a single stroke. Tenenbaum was sacked for spying. Not that he had …
Hazardous lead-based paints have a huge market in India with 30 million new houses on offer by the booming real estate sector. Talking to The Tribune a day after the Quality Council of India (QCI)-initiated study revealed shocking findings of lethal lead levels in majority of enamel paints available in …
PRIYANKA SINGH / New Delhi January 5, 2011, 0:38 IST Officially-backed survey finds unacceptable levels of lead in paint brands. A recent analysis of popular branded paints by Quality Council of India (QCI), the officially-santioned accreditation authority, in association with Consumer Association of India (CAI), reveals unacceptable amount of lead …
PRAMILA KRISHNAN CHENNA The danger of lead poisoning in toys is not a risk limited to products made in China. The National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning Prevention in India has revealed that up to 80 per cent of the Indian toys contain paint with high levels of lead. The …
Sharadha Narayanan CONCERNED over the extent of lead poisoning among people through exposure to enamel paint in buildings, the Consumer Association of India (CAI) has planned to set up a laboratory to test lead content in blood. The lab is said to be the first such initiative in the city. …
China will cut the number of firms it allows to recycle lead-acid batteries for refined lead production, a top industry official said on Sunday. Industry sources estimate China will only allow around 20 battery recyclers to operate in the future, compared with the many hundreds of firms currently operating. "The …
Studies using reconstructed exposure histories have suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson's disease (PD), and a study that used bone lead as a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure also reported a nonsignificant association with PD. Weisskopf et al. estimated the association between bone lead and …
EARLY as well as late sexual maturation harms adolescents. Early onset leads to increased risk of obesity, diabetes and cancer in reproductive organs, while late maturation diminishes bone strength. For many years, scientists blamed estrogen-mimicking chemicals for messing up girls, hormonal balance. These chemicals led to early puberty. Others like …
More than 400 children have died of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria in the last six months, the aid group Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday. The deaths occurred in seven villages in Zamfara State, where runoff from illegal gold mining, which contains high concentrations of lead, entered the soil and …
This new report released by Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland highlights the top six toxic threats to global health.It ranks pollutants according to the number of people estimated to be at risk from each toxin and describes their physical nature, industries that typically cause their release, common human exposure …
KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: Despite several campaigns by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to promote lead-free colours among idol-makers and even after many Puja committees have ordered for idols painted with such colours, the artisans are still apprehensive about using it this Puja. The artisans have earlier tried the …
KOLKATA, 1 SEPT: At a time when the state pollution control board has taken up a drive to phase out lead, a toxic-metal, innumerable lead-battery units in the city not only continue to cough out lead aerosols dust, but also ignore the safety of labourers working in these units. There …
PAINTERS and those working in the construction industry are at a risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a report that reviewed the case studies of 3,000 painters with bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common form of cancer that claims 130,000 lives a year worldwide, according to …
FOR the past five years Hyderabad has been trying to clean the Hussain Sagar Lake, separating the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The efforts suffered yet another blow on June 20 when the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) denied permission to dredge the mouths of …
AN 11-MEMBER committee, formed by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), is set to begin screening of toys made in India and abroad for toxicity. The tests will be conducted on 2,800 samples of toys collected from across India. Samples of branded and unbranded toys will be picked from …
For the past five years Hyderabad has been trying to clean the Hussain Sagar Lake, separating the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The efforts suffered yet another blow on June 20 when the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) denied permission to dredge the mouths of …
LEAD poisoning is one of the oldest occupational and environmental hazards. Present in everything from house paints to toys, even a small amount of lead can interfere with children’s developing brain and nervous system and affect their learning and cognitive ability. But the precise mechanism by which lead affects brain …
Arunima Rajan, Bangalore, August 1, DHNS: Several City colleges are introducing lead poisoning as a subject in their curriculum to create awareness among people about its harmful effects. As policy makers and civic agencies are grappling with issues like environmental pollution, educational institutes have started courses to encourage students to …
