Lead Paint Map

India

Lead NGO - Toxics Link

Results from National Sampling
No.Samples
Median ppm
% > 90 ppm
%>600 ppm
Average (ppm)
1. Some 36 percent of enamel paint samples and 31 percent of total samples were found to have more than 90 ppm of lead.
2. None of the varnish samples were found to have lead contents exceeding 90 ppm.
3. ICI Dulux continues to have low lead concentrations in their enamel paints.
4. In the previous study done by Toxics Link (Kumar and Gottesfeld, 2008), 38 percent of all samples, including plastic and enamel types, contained lead at levels above 600 ppm. All enamel paint samples of Kansai Nerolac that were manufactured from 2003 to 2005 were found to have high lead concentrations exceeding 600 ppm. In the present study, the enamel samples of the same brand, manufactured in the year 2008, have shown low lead concentrations, not exceeding 90 ppm.
5. Asian Paints continues to have lead concentration of more than 90 ppm in some of its enamel paints. Its average lead level is 7,966.4 ppm.
6. Enamel samples of Shalimar Paints and Berger Paints continue to have high lead concentrations.

National NGO Activities National paint sampling campaign and the publication of the Lead in New Decorative Paints report.

Activities The lead in paint campaign has already progressed in India. Paint companies have initiated steps towards removing lead from house hold paints, and there have also been many rounds of meetings with various stakeholders leading to commitments from the Paint Manufacturers Association. An online petition for removal of lead from paints (to be sent to the Prime Minister) is also underway.

National NGO Documents and Information Flyer and poster to help raise awareness about lead in paint.

Report - Report on the Roundtable Discussion on “Eliminating lead from paints: An Unfinished Agenda” (held 17 October, 2008 at India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi)

Brush with Toxics as a .pdf 1,337KB.
- Brush with Toxics report

Flyer .pdf 356KM.
Lead poisons Let this not happen to you Be aware, take caution.

Poster .pdf 412 KB.
Do you have LEAD in your home?

Press releases - UNEP and WHO to lead initiative to remove lead from paints globally – Toxics Link proposal adopted by highest UN chemical safety global forum. New Delhi, 25 May 2009 Press Release as a .pdf 62 KB.

Media coverage