{"id":3605,"date":"2019-10-26T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T08:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2019-10-26T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T08:29:40","slug":"human-chain-demanded-ban-on-lead-paints-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/human-chain-demanded-ban-on-lead-paints-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Chain Demanded Ban on Lead Paints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the\nevent of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-2019 under the theme of\n\u2018Learn the Risk, Join the Action, Eliminate Lead Paint’ a human chain was\nformed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhaka, 26<\/strong>th<\/strong><\/sup> October, 2019:<\/strong>   Dust from lead paint is still the number one source of childhood lead poisoning. So focusing this on the event of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-2019 under the theme of \u2018Learn the Risk, Join the Action, Eliminate Lead Paint\u2019 a human chain was formed in front of National Press Club on Saturday at 10:0 am to ban lead containing paints globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, as\nalways, ESDO is celebrating International Led Poisoning Prevention Week in\nBangladesh. All the team\nmembers of ESDO, Girls\u2019 Guide and other volunteers from Daffodil University\njoined the human chain with different placards, festoon etc. and urged their\nvoice to ban the lead containing paints in Bangladesh. There is\nwide recognition of the harmful effects of lead and many countries have taken\naction, exposure to lead, particularly in childhood, remains of key concern to\nhealth care providers and public health officials worldwide. An important\nsource of domestic lead exposure, particularly in children, is paint containing\nhigh levels of lead. Since 2009, more than 100 studies have shown that lead\npaints are still widely sold in low- and middle-income countries. Children\naround the world today are at risk of exposure to lead from multiple sources.\nLead poisoning accounts for about 0.6% of the global burden of disease (WHO, 2009).\nIn Bangladesh ESDO has been working for a specific regulation of lead free\npaint and thus, has been conducting policy advocacy since 2010. In line with\nthis ESDO has conducted study, paint sample analyses, awareness campaign and\nultimately prepared a draft regulatory frame work and submitted it to\nDepartment of Environment (DoE). ESDO look forward to achieve a toxic free\nfuture through a complete regulation on lead paint in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About ESDO:<\/strong> ESDO has been working since 2008 from awareness raising activities to policy advocacy on the issue of \u2018Ban Lead Paint\u2019 in Bangladesh. ESDO worked with the aid of European Union with IPEN-SWITCH Asia Lead Paint Elimination Project to minimize and eliminate the manufacture, import, sale and use of lead on decorative paints in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has established a 90 ppm lead limit for decorative paints adopted by Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) as a result of ESDO\u2019s continuous advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khalilur Rahman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Associate, ESDO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-mail: khalilur@esdo.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile: 01557019412<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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