Taiwan broke out that most paints on the market contain surprisingly high levels of lead

In December 2013, foreign media reported that several paint companies, including Sherwin-Williams, were ordered to pay $1.
1 billion to 10 counties and cities in California to remove lead paint from millions of old houses.
The 10 counties sentenced to receive compensation include Santa Clara County, Alameda County (Alameda), Los Angeles County, Monterey County (Monterey), San Mateo County (San Mateo), Solano County (Solano) and Wenzhou Tula County (Ventura), as well as the cities of Oakland, San Diego, and San Francisco.
Judge James Kleinberg of the Supreme Court of Santa Clara County, California, ruled that Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra Foods, and NL Industries are responsible for selling paints they know are harmful to children.
DuPont and Atlantic Richfield were ruled not to Take responsibility.
Although the coatings industry has faced similar lawsuits across the United States for many years before, they have been the winners in most cases so far.
The United States has banned the sale of lead paint since 1978, but millions of houses built before that still pose a health risk.

UN report in 2013: The health of children and pregnant women in developing countries still faces severe threats from paints containing lead and other toxins

According to the Chinese Society of Chemical Industry Coatings and Painting Committee, the United Nations Environment Programme issued a report at the end of 2013 that the health of children and pregnant women in developing countries still faces severe threats to paints containing lead and other toxins.
This report analyzed the lead levels of decorative enamels in 9 countries including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, and Uruguay.
The Canadian standard is that the lead content is less than 90ppm), and it is seriously exceeding the standard.
According to the agency, lead pollution is an emerging environmental pollution.
Lead-containing paint can cause health hazards to pregnant women and children.
Relevant legislative departments should strengthen their efforts to ensure that lead-containing paint is no longer produced.
The public should also respond to the environmental and health effects of lead-containing paint.
Pay attention to the hazards.
The World Health Organization estimates that due to children's lead exposure, about 600,000 mentally disabled people are added every year.
The report pointed out that reducing the health threat of lead paint requires the establishment of a regulatory framework and voluntary actions.
At present, 30 countries around the world have phased out the use of lead paint, and the goal of the Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lead Paint, jointly led by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, is: by 2015, the number of countries that phase out the use of lead paint will rise to 70.

The United Nations pushes China to reduce the use of lead paint

At the end of April 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) small grant project "Promote China to reduce the use of lead paint" project kick-off meeting was held in Beijing, from UNEP, the Basel Convention Asia-Pacific Regional Center, the International Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Representatives from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Environmental Analysis and Testing Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Coating Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, and the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection attended the meeting.

The purpose of this project is to promote China to phase out the use of lead paint, and to further promote South-South cooperation with African countries to pay more attention to environmental chemicals and waste, especially the handling of lead and cadmium.
Participants extensively exchanged the current status, trends, problems and challenges faced by the elimination of lead-containing paint restrictions at home and abroad, shared the phased results of the risk assessment of lead-containing paint, and discussed the project research content and methods, results output and recommendations, etc.
In-depth discussion on the specific content was initiated, and the overall consideration and arrangement of the project implementation plan led by the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection was approved and passed.
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