ASIAN PAINT AND COATING REGULATORY ROUND-UP – NEW ZEALAND PLANS TO SLASH LEAD CONTENT IN PAINTS
November 28th, 2023
The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has called for comments on planned reductions to allowable lead levels in paints, and in art materials such as chalk, crayons, and felt-tip pens.
The country’s current lead level limit for paint is 0.1% (1,000 parts per million/ppm) and the proposed changes would reduce this to 0.009% (90ppm), in line with countries including Australia, Canada and the United States, the EPA said in a note. Submissions close on January 26, 2024. New Zealand’s current loose limit brackets its controls with those of ...
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