Transition to full non-lead production of PH paint, coating industry hailed

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Quezon City-based environmental group EcoWaste Coalition and the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers (PAPM) have hailed the historic transition of the country’s paint and coating industry to full non-lead production effective January 1, 2020 as the phase-out period of lead containing paints used for industrial applications was already completed.

They noted the “phase-out of all types of lead-containing paints in the Philippines is an excellent example of a successful chemical policy directive aimed at preventing and reducing children’s exposure to lead, a highly toxic substance, from paints’’.

EcoWaste Coalition explained that lead paints are paints or other similar surface coatings containing lead compounds in excess of 90 parts per million . For his part, Johnson Ongking, Vice-President, Pacific Paint Philippines, Inc. and former PAPM president, noted: “Our fruitful experience in the Philippines in eliminating lead paints and coatings clearly shows that any developing country paint manufacturers can create colorful and commercially viable products without poisonous lead-containing pigment, drying accelerator or rust and corrosion protector.

The DENR, PAPM, Pacific Paint Philippines, Inc., EcoWaste Coalition and IPEN are partners of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint whose overall goal is “to prevent children’s exposure to lead from paints and to minimize occupational exposures to lead paint.”

 

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