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 …
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 …
Household cleaners, paints and perfumes have become substantial sources of urban air pollution as strict controls on vehicles have reduced road traffic emissions, scientists say. Researchers in the US looked at levels of synthetic “volatile organic compounds”, or VOCs, in roadside air in Los Angeles and found that as much …
There is a 71 per cent chance that the coat of paint on your house wall contains dangerously high amounts of lead, a new report says. The report, released by environmental watchdog Centre for Environment Justice and Development (Cejad), says 71 per cent or 15 out of 21 paint brands …
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC), in its recent notification, has prohibited manufacture, trade, import as well as export of household and decorative paints containing lead or lead compounds in excess of 90 parts per million (ppm). Activists, who have been highlighting the dangers of lead in paints …
NAIROBI - China blocked a much-anticipated United Nations resolution to curb lead in paint during last-ditch negotiations at the U.N. Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi. A campaign to phase out lead paint in developing countries was high on the agenda at last week's global "parliament of the environment." China was …
Exposure to lead paint poses significant harmful effects to human health, especially among children. The health effects, which are generally irreversible, can have a lifelong impact. Many countries have enacted controls to address these adverse impacts, but decorative paints containing lead are still widely sold and used in many developing …
The following draft of certain rules to regulate the manufacture, trade, use, import and export of lead contents in household and decorative paints which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of its powers under subsection (1) of section 3 and clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 6 …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
The ever-growing fleet of ships carrying people and goods from one port to another is the primary pollutant of sea water and disrupter of fragile marine life. While fuel emissions by ships contribute to global warming, anti-fouling paints, applied on the hulls of ships to fend off growth of organisms, …
Majority of paints analysed in seven Asian countries, including Nepal, contained astonishingly high lead content and did not meet the international regulatory standards, according to the Asian Regional Paint Report, 2014. International POPs Elimination Network and its partner organisations are carrying out Asian Lead Paint Elimination Project in seven countries …
This report presents the results from a recent study of the lead content of oil-based enamel decorative paints available on the market in seven Asian countries. Studies conducted between 2006 and 2011 have repeatedly shown that many paints with high lead content have been widely available on the market in …
Nepal Standard Council has decided to regulate the lead levels in paints on consideration of public health. The meeting of Nepal Standard Council, held today, directed Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology to prepare a standard regarding the level of lead in enamel paints by forming a technical committee. Most …
The amount of lead used in paints by Nepali companies is mostly unsafe and poses a serious threat to children’s health, according to a recently launched report. The report published by the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) claims that most Nepali companies including some renowned brands are …
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) is devising a legal provision to set a level of lead content in paints to address the health hazards resulting from excessive use of the metal. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the “International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action,” Senior …
KANPUR: During the national seminar named PACT Vision-2013 at the campus of HBTI, GN Tewari, alumnus of HBTI, informed that the solvent-based paints pollute the environment while the water-based paints have least affect on the environment. The water-based paints are also known as green paint or eco-friendly paints. "The vapours …
Arsenic and lead poisoning is taking its toll on human health and has caused silent epidemics in the province but not a single intervention has yet been introduced by the government to address the issue, experts said while sharing findings of their studies at a seminar on Tuesday. The seminar …
The use of paint with toxic chemicals on clay idols will be banned in West Bengal from next year. The decision has been taken by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) that concluded that toxic chemicals used in the paints are insoluble once the statues are immersed in the …
Some branded Indian paint companies are producing and marketing toxic paint in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal with lead content being much higher than the 1,000 ppm limit specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Since India does not have a mandatory law on lead levels in paint, the …
Do Indian paint companies continue to produce and market their toxics leaded paints to the neighboring countries, even as they phase it out in India? This latest report by Toxics Link shows exactly this. Its a collaborative effort by Toxics Link, India, CEPHED, Nepal and ESDO, Bangladesh.
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 …
