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Lead pigments are still legal in the United States[1], and were only banned in the EU a few years ago[2]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434
by notjulianjaynes 3y ago
Lead pigments are still legal in the United States[1], and were only banned in the EU a few years ago[2].
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434842/
[2] https://speciation.net/News/EU-court-rules-Commission-authorisation-of-lead-chromate-pigments-was-illegal-;~/2019/03/12/9006.html https://speciation.net/News/EU-court-rules-Commission-author...
- jabl 3y agoIn Europe, many countries banned lead paints for household use already in the 1920'ies or even earlier. In 2003 there was an EU wide harmonization outlawing lead paints. The article you linked to is apparently about some lawsuit where the EU commission had allowed an exception to this.
- notjulianjaynes 3y agoAh, it appears I was mistaken then thanks for the clarification.