by Julia Berg | Mar 20, 2024 | Research, Spices, Updates
Summary: LEEP conducted studies to determine the lead content of spices in Türkiye and Ethiopia Spices are a commonly adulterated food product and studies have previously demonstrated the addition of lead chromate pigments in some spice supply chains Results from two...
by Lucia Coulter | Feb 12, 2024 | Updates
Introduction from LEEP’s Co-Executive Directors 2023 has been a year of progress, learning, and growth, all towards our founding goal of improving the health, wellbeing, and potential of children around the world. As we’ve expanded our paint programs, which aim...
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 Charlie Loudon | Jul 4, 2023 | Pakistan, Updates
Summary: Lead poisoning from paint and other sources affects approximately 47 million children in Pakistan. 40% of oil-based paints for residential use tested by LEEP and Aga Khan University in Pakistan contained dangerous and illegal levels of lead. LEEP is working...
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