MANILA, Philippines — A toxics watchdog group disclosed Sunday that it found spray paint products being sold despite dangerous lead content, making them illegal to import, distribute and sell under the country’s lead paint regulation. In a statement, the EcoWaste Coalition said that it found 15 more spray paint products with a high lead content of up to 124,000 parts per million. “The unlawful sale of multi-purpose lead-containing spray paints has to end,” said Thony Dizon, chemical safety campaigner at the EcoWaste Coalition. The following products topped the list of samples with the highest lead concentrations per brand:Best Drive Extreme One Spray Paint (orange red) with 124,000 ppm of lead,King Sfon Aerosol Spray (lemon yellow) with 91,000 ppm,Koby Spray Paint (deep yellow) with 69,200 ppm,Colorz Aerosol Spray Paint (fresh green) with 62,200,MKT Spray Paint (art yellow) with 50,700 ppm,and Yandy Spray Paint (leaf green) with 32,100 ppm of lead. He added that "spray paint importers, distributors and retailers should insist on products with no added lead from their suppliers."

Source: Philippine Star June 06, 2021 02:48 UTC