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A U-C researcher is calling for a worldwide ban on lead paint after alarming discoveries abroad. While in India investigating a child with high lead levels, environmental health professor Scott Clark, found the source, a nearby playground covered with lead paint. The manufacturer of the playground equipment wasn’t surprised. Ten years ago the company complied with a non-lead paint order, but not anymore. A company representative told the u-c professor nobody has ordered non-lead paint since, so he’s using lead paint. Clark also found lead paint in China Malaysia, Indonesia and Peru. He speculates that things made in those countries could end up in the u-s. Clark wants American based companies who do business in those third world nations to promote change. His research is published in the early online edition of "Environmental Research."
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Friday, September 03, 2010 
