Lead poisoning prevention campaign launched to save young kids



BANGKOK: -- Thailand Industrial Standard Institute (TISI) is now campaigning for awareness of the lead poisoning after children in Thailand are still at greater risk from lead exposure.

The campaign is aimed at urging less use of lead as ingredient in the production industry such as lead-based paints for homes, children’s toys and household furniture.

There had been campaign in the past to scrap the mixture of lead in gasoline, thus resulting in the drop in the level of lead poisoning in children’s blood around the globe, including Thailand.

But survey in Thailand still revealed that young kids are at greater risk from lead exposure.

Recent survey of blood poisoning revealed that elementary level students in central provinces had high level of lead poisoning from contacts with paints from playground equipment and toys in public parks and schools.

Also another inspection of painted walls at several children development centres showed more than hundred fold of lead mixture above the permissible standards of 0.01 or 100 milli grammes per litre.

While lead-based paint is still on walls and woodwork in homes, young kids from babies to six years old children are at risk of lead poisoning that will cause serious health problems.

Smaller, growing bodies make them more susceptible to absorbing and retaining lead.

Young kids of one to six years old are found to have unsafe levels of lead in their blood, which can lead to a wide range of symptoms, from headaches and stomach pain to behavioural problems. Lead can also affect a child’s developing brain.

Long-term exposure to lead, a naturally occurring metal used in everything from construction materials to batteries, can cause serious health problems, particularly in young kids.

Lead is toxic to everyone, but unborn babies and young children are at greatest risk for health problems.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/lead-poisoning-prevention-campaign-launched-save-young-kids/

-- Thai PBS 2014-10-20

Already? WOW.

Don't "ya" just love the "thai way" e.g. urge/invite/suggest/hope/request etc. GEEZEUS. If there's laws - ENFORCE them. If not make them.... then enforce them for the betterment of the Thai population and all who reside in Thailand.

At least PROTECT the children for ...... sake.

...to 'urge'....

...how about ....'to legislate'.....???

I had read some time ago, that toys from China were being taken off the shelves in the US because they were painted with lead-based paints.

Considering the lax enforcement in many areas, I would be concerned about children being exposed to lead in Thailand.

There are how many domestic paint companies in Thailand?

Just ban lead in paint. .is this so hard to.do?

I used to work for a Thai paint-company.

Customers who manufactured for export needed low VOC, non-mercury, non-lead according to ASTM, REACH, REED or any other international guideline regarding "safe" paint.

Thai customers producing for the domestic market did very well with solvent-based nitro cellulose and poly-urethane products.

China doesn't give a shoot about product safety.........proving the Mattel-issue some years ago and mercury in baby-milk recently

_{How exactly do kids get lead in their system?}

_{Eating paint?}

_{Eating their toys?}

_{What kind of toys contain lead these days?}

_{I am not aware of any.}

_{Another case of bad journalism}

Are you kidding? Did you ever notice that small children stick almost anything in their mouths that will fit? Things like small toys and flakes of old dry paint. There was a major scandal about lead in toys from China several years ago http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/worldbusiness/19toys.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

The full 2013 report can be accessed at http://ipen.org/sites/default/files/documents/Lead%20in%20Thailand%27s%20New%20Enamel%20Household%20Paints%20EN.pdf

The brands of enamel paint which had less than 100 ppm were

4 Seasons High Gloss Enamel

Beger Shield Super Gloss Enamel

Bodelac 1000 Synthetic Resin

Captain Highl Gloss enamel superior finish

Denzo synthetic gloss enamel

Dyno pro gloss enamel

FTALIT synthetic resin enamel

Hunter sythetic enamel

ICI supercote

JOTAGLOSS

JOtun Gardex Premium enamel

Kobe gloss synthetic enamel

Lobster sythetic resin gloss enamel

Mandarin duck brand synthetic gloss enamel

Mark gloss enamel

National gloss synthetic resin enamel

Rust-oleum protective enamel

sisto super high gloss enamel

super K high gloss enamel

TOA flat enamel

TOA super high gloss enamel glipton

Turbo gloss enamel