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| Children's Health First Eliminate LEAD Paint | |
NEW! Press Release - Paint manufacturers must protect children’s health- Appeal to recall all leaded paints in the market |
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“Instead of pin pointing faults of the research, paint industries have a moral responsibility to test their products themselves and bring down the levels of heavy metals including lead, to the acceptable standards for protecting the health of children in Sri Lanka” says Hemantha Withanage of the Centre for Environmental Justice. |
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| Press Release- Mandatory Standards necessary for decorative paints in Sri Lanka |
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Mr. Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice said that “current SLS voluntary standards are not sufficient for curbing lead in Paint. We are very concern about the silence of the Government agencies. It is our understanding that the Consumer Affairs Authority, Ministry of Health and Nutrition, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and Sri Lanka Standards Institution should take actions to provide MANDATORY STANDARDS and to ENACT REGULATIONS for manufacturers to comply with.” |
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| Lead in Decorative Paints - By Chamali Liyanage 25/02/2010 The Island | |
Lead is a metal with no known biological benefit to humans (WHO). It is also common knowledge that lead is added to paints to speed drying, increase durability, retain a fresh appearance, and resist moisture that causes corrosion. |
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| TOO MUCH LEAD IN PAINT | |
A recent research conducted by the Toxics Link, in Collboration with the Centre for Environmnetal Justice found very high levels of Lead in decorative paints available in Sri Lanka. The level is as high as 137,000 ppm. According to Sri Lanka Standard Institution permissble level is 600 ppm for Enamel paint and Zero in Emulsion paint. |
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| WHY LEAD IS BAD | |
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognized lead as prime toxic. It impacts over 40 million children worldwide, over 97 percent of whom live in developing countries. Lead poisoning statistics show there are still a high number of people adversely affected by the metal’s harmful effects, but these lead poisoning statistics may not even be a real indicator of how serious the problem is (Online lawyer source). The primary source of lead exposure among children is from lead-based paints and lead-contaminated dust and soil that are found in and around old, deteriorating buildings. |
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| WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEAD POISONING? | |
LEAD is recognized as a prime toxic and Lead poisoning is the most common among all the heavy metal pollutions. One of the major sources of exposure to Lead is Lead-based paints. Lead is added to paints (decorative and industrial paints) to speed up drying, increase durability, retain a fresh appearance,and resist moisture that causes corrosion. |
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| DOWNLOADS | |
| Protect Your Child from Lead Paints | Download |
| Do You Have Lead in Your Home? | Download |
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