WASHINGTON, DC ? The International Paint & Printing Ink Council (IPPIC) is working with the UN’s Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (GAELP) to promote the establishment of appropriate national regulatory frameworks to stop the manufacture, import, export, sale, and use of lead paints and products coated with lead paints. The council also supports the activities undertaken by GAELP participants and other interested parties during the “International Week of Action on Prevention of Lead Poisoning,” held October 19-25, 2014.
IPPIC representatives recently attended and presented at the first GAELP workshop aimed at encouraging countries to establish and implement legal limits on lead in new residential and decorative paint. The workshop was held in New Delhi, India, on September 22-23, and brought together representatives from 27 governments at the World Health Organization (WHO) Southeast Asia Regional Office. In addition to governments, representatives of inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector attended and presented at the workshop.