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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned lead paint in 1977 in residential properties and public buildings (16 CFR 1303), along with toys and furniture containing lead paint. The cited reason was "to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children who may ingest paint chips or peelings". [ 35 ]
The United States banned the manufacture of lead-based house paint in 1978 due to health concerns. Lead has long been considered to be a harmful environmental pollutant. Cited cases of lead poisoning date back to the early 20th century. [ 1 ]
Lead shot has been banned for hunting waterfowl in several countries, [4] including the US in 1991 and 1997 in Canada. [6] Other threats to wildlife include lead paint, sediment from lead mines and smelters, and lead weights from fishing lines. [6] Lead in some fishing gear has been banned in several countries. [4]
Forty-six years after it was banned in the U.S., many homes still have lead paint, which could potentially cause health problems. Forty-six years after it was banned in the U.S., many homes still ...
An important step in the understanding of childhood lead poisoning occurred when toxicity in children from lead paint was recognized in Australia in 1897. [121] France, Belgium, and Austria banned white lead interior paints in 1909; the League of Nations followed suit in 1922. [123]
France, Belgium and Austria ban white-lead interior paint. 1914 Pediatric lead-paint poisoning death from eating crib paint is described. 1921 Tetraethyllead is first used in gasoline. 1921 National Lead Company admits lead is a poison. 1922 League of Nations bans white-lead interior paint; US declines to adopt. 1943
[3] [5] Lead can get into soils via deposits from leaded gasoline (which was banned in the United States in 1996 by the Clean Air Act), degradation of leaded paint on nearby paint surfaces, exterior lead-based paint chippings and dust, and industrial sites. [5] [3] It is important that lead contaminated soils be properly disposed as soon as ...
Its longest-running sub-brand, Regal, was introduced in 1957. Benjamin Moore removed lead from Regal formulations in 1968, ten years before the United States banned lead paint for residential and interior use. [citation needed] Benjamin Moore currently owns Insl-X and Coronado.