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    About 70 countries will stop using lead paint in the future.

    • Last Update: 2020-09-14
    • Source: Internet
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    China Paint Network
    News: From the prevention of lead poisoning International Campaign Week activities learned that for children around the world, lead poisoning is still one of the most important environmental health concerns, lead
    paint
    is the main trigger for lead poisoning in children. The World Health
    companies to
    avoid using lead paint to allow children to grow up healthy.
    understood that WHO has identified lead as one of the ten chemicals of major public health concern, requiring Member States to take action to protect the health of workers, children and women of childbearing age. Lead exposure kills 143,000 people a year, the most in developing countries, the group said. The organization also stressed that the dangers of lead to children should not be ignored, young children are particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of lead, and to endure serious and persistent health side effects, lead in particular affects the development of the brain and nervous system. According to data provided by the organization, the number of new intellectual disabilities caused by lead exposure in children is estimated at about 600,000 per year.
    WHO says children may be exposed to lead paint through toys, walls, door frames and furniture, and that lead paint that peels off the surface of objects can also produce lead-contaminated dust indoors that is easily inhaled by children. WHO says there are no known levels of lead exposure considered safe and no known safe blood lead concentrations, but lead poisoning can be prevented.
    China's new
    coating network
    small editor learned that the domestic standards on indoor decoration materials have clear standards and regulations on lead content, the provisions said that solvent-based
    wood coatings
    heavy metal content,
    interior wall coatings
    , wood furniture heavy metal content, wallpaper heavy metal content of soluble lead content should not exceed 90MG/kg. Experts explain that in addition to lead, the main heavy metal indicators set out in these standards include chromium, cadmium and mercury. These heavy metals are the
    components
    the color of the paint, so "the brighter the paint, the more likely it is to contain a large amount of heavy metal components."
    WHO data show that 30 countries around the world have phased out the use of lead paint, and the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint, co-led by WHO and the United Nations Environment Programme, has set a goal of stopping the use of lead paint in 70 countries by 2015.
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