Global Sampling Project Map:

Thailand

Lead NGO -   Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand EARTH

Results from National Sampling   
No.Samples - 27
Median ppm - 2
% > 90 ppm - 30
%>600 ppm - 30
Average (ppm) - 38970
1. All plastic paint samples had lead in low concentrations (less than 90 ppm).
2. Some 47.1 percent of enamel samples had lead higher than 90 ppm. 30 percent of the total samples exceeded 90 ppm. The average lead concentration was 38,969 ppm.
3. Some of the enamel samples showed very high concentrations of lead, ranging up to 51 percent. The highest concentration of lead (51 percent) was found in a yellow colour sample(THL 21).

National NGO Activities   Lead in Paint Update : Thailand Situation

Activities   Collaboration with the Foundation for Consumers will be undertaken to publish the study result in the Smart Buyers Magazine, a press release will be created and a press conference organized, lab analysis of Thai paint products will be conducted to follow up / have a confirmation testing to the existing study, and further regulatory measures in Thailand will be advocated for.

National NGO Documents and Information   Publication of study result in Smart Buyers Magazine, press release

Press releases   

The Rama Hospital Press release is a document made and distributed by the Children Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center (CSPIPRC) to the press on February 10, which was the press conference day. The main text of the document briefly reports on the study‘Risk of Children Exposed to Lead in Paint and the Possible Solutions : A Medical Study of Bangkok Metropolitan’s Pre-School Child Care Centers”. The researchers were Dr. Chantima Jaiphan and Asso. Prof. Dr. Adisak Palittapholkarnphim from CSPIPRC.

Dr. Jaiphan and Asso.Prof.Dr. Palittapholkarnphim conducted the study at 17 out of 293 pre-school child care centers under the administration of Bangkok Metropolitan Office. Of these 17 pre-school child care centers, there were 187 samples taken from paints, toys, food containers, drinking water and its containers, cups, spoons, dust on floor, etc. to detect for lead contamination. The study found that 11 out of 187 samples, which were collected from the total of 10 pre-school child care centers, had lead concentrations higher than the standard level (10 µg/dl) or 58.8 % of the total 17 pre-school child care centers being studied.

Adobe Acrobat   Rama Hospital Press release  in Thai as a pdf 1,5200 MB.

Media coverage
Smart Buyers Magazine

Thai translation: Ecological Alert and Recovery - Thailand EARTH's opinions, the general situation of lead in paint in Thailand, some updates about SAICM, an introduction of the IPEN movement.
  Smart Buyers Magazine  in Thai as a pdf 667 MB.



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