UNEP/IPEN Report
UNEP yesterday released in Nairobi the report LEAD IN ENAMEL DECORATIVE PAINTS, NATIONAL PAINT TESTING RESULTS: A NINE COUNTRY STUDY. The report was prepared for UNEP by IPEN. The study was organized by IPEN in cooperation with partner NGOs in the nine countries. More information on the report is on the home page of the IPEN web site at http://www.ipen.org/.
NGO colleagues in the nine countries are also announcing the report’s national findings and data to their national media. The only press coverage of national data we know about so far is from Tunisia:
Kapitalis (Tunisia)
“About 30 paint samples purchased in Tunisia and tested, 21 (70%) content than the international standard lead, according to a recent international study, published Tuesday.”
Please send us any other media coverage from the nine countries you are aware of. It is best to send a web link (which allows us to read it with a translation program). If you cannot send a web link, please provide a brief summary in English.
So far, we are aware only of a small amount of other press pick-up of this report. If you are aware of other media coverage of the UNEP/IPEN report, please let us know and provide a description and/or a link to the coverage.
The coverage we have found so far is:
Capital News (Kenya)
Report warns of continued lead use in Kenyan paints
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Children and Pregnant Mothers face widespread exposure to toxic lead in paint
(from UNEP Press Release)
Newstrack India
Lead in paint compromises health of pregnant mothers: study
"Lead pollution is an emerging environmental threat that demands urgent attention. Science is clear that lead paint impact negatively on the health of pregnant mothers and children," UNEP's Director of the Division of Early Warning Assessment (DEWA) Peter Gilruth told journalists during the launch of the report in Nairobi.”
Media for Freedom
UN AGENCIES URGE END TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY – BUT PREVENTABLE – LEAD PAINT USE
““This report seeks to catalyze action by raising awareness among Governments, manufacturers and consumers not just that the problem exists, but that there are cheap and safe alternatives to lead already in use that can lift this health burden in a very short time,” Mr. Nuttall said.”
Sacramento Bee (U.S.)
New UNEP Study Finds High Lead Levels in Paints Around the World
(A PR Newswire pickup)
Spanish.China.org.cn
PanamaOn.com
Pintura con plomo peligro para mujeres y niños, alerta la ONU
PNUMA alerta del peligro para mujeres y niños del plomo de la pintura
ElEconomista.es (Spain)
La onu alerta del peligro del plomo en la pintura para ninos y mujeres embarazadas de países pobres
SKNVibes (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Save children from lead poisoning
Oman Daily Observer
Lead in paint compromises health of pregnant mothers
Mizo News (Mizoram India)
Lead in paint compromises health of pregnant mothers: study
Business Standard (India)
Lead in paint compromises health of pregnant mothers: study
VancouverDesi (South Asian news site for Canadians)
Lead in paint compromises health of pregnant mothers: study
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