Healthy Homes and Lead Safety PO Box 2611, Leicester, NC 28748 828-683-8433,
[email protected] www.HealthyHomesandLeadSafety.org Where Lead Hides Helpful Websites Healthy Homes and Lead Safety: www.HealthyHomesandLeadSafety.org Environmental Working Group: www.ewg.org, click on Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database The Ecology Center: www.healthytoys.org Lead Advisory Service Australia: http://www.lead.org.au/lasn/lasn006.html General Warning If you ever see a label on any product that states Proposition 65 Warning: Use of this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm or Not intended for food use, heed the warning! SURFACE COATINGS Paint There is a federal regulation (16 C.F.R. 1303) that bans specific uses of lead in paint or other similar surface coatings of greater than 90 ppm. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission enforces this regulation. What is covered and should not contain lead: o Products sold directly to consumers or which consumers use in homes, schools, hospitals, parks, playgrounds, and other areas o Toys or other articles intended for use by children (ages 12 and younger) o Furniture coated with paint such as beds, bookcases, chairs, chests, tables, dressers, and console televisions What isn’t covered and may contain lead: o Appliances such as ranges, refrigerators, and washers, fixtures such as built-in cabinets, window, and doors, and household products such as window shades and venetian blinds. o Paints for boats and cars Exempt from regulation but require warning label: o Coatings used to refinish industrial or agricultural equipment o Building and equipment maintenance coatings o Products marketed solely for use on billboards, road signs, and similar products o Touch-up coatings for agricultural equipment, lawn and garden equipment, and appliances o Catalyzed coatings marketed solely for use on radio-controlled model powered airplanes.