by Julia Berg | Jul 12, 2024 | Paint study, Research, Updates, Workshop, Zimbabwe
Summary In June 2023, the Environmental Management Agency of Zimbabwe (EMA) and LEEP jointly conducted a paint study to determine the lead content of paints available to purchase in Zimbabwe. Results showed that 35% of the samples, representing 34 brands, contained...
by Charlie Loudon | Jul 1, 2024 | Ghana, Paint study, Research, Updates
Summary The Ghana Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana Standards Authority, Environmental Youth Action Network and LEEP conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints in Ghana. The results showed that six out of 59 (10%) samples of paints for home use...
by Nafisatou Cissé | Dec 18, 2023 | Paint study, Research, Senegal, Updates, Workshop
The Senegalese Ministry of Health, through the Poison Control Centre (PCC), and LEEP recently conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints on the market in Senegal. Results showed that 10 out of 35 (29%) samples of paint for home use, obtained in Dakar,...
by Charlie Loudon | Dec 14, 2023 | Malawi, Monitoring and Evaluation, Paint study, Research, Updates
Summary LEEP and the Malawi Bureau of Standards conducted a new study to assess recent changes in lead paint levels in Malawi. Taking into account estimated market share data, the results suggest that the market share of brands selling lead paint for home use has...
by Julia Berg | Dec 11, 2023 | Angola, Paint study, Research, Updates
Summary: Instituto Nacional de Gestão Ambiental (INGA), EcoAngola and LEEP recently conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints in Angola. Results showed that 18 out of 43 (42%) samples of solvent-based paint and 2 out of 7 (29%) samples of water-based...
by Julia Berg | Nov 17, 2022 | Paint study
Summary: a new journal article presents the results of LEEP’s paint studies in Zimbabwe and Botswana, conducted in collaboration with academics from the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe and University of Zimbabwe. Whilst no solvent-based paints purchased in Botswana...
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