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he pnvioualy reported efforta have, and an Bain? aada, to niUiee the laad nlait in paint. M aoaa aczaaa printer* uaa paint, and due to tBa tact that aap people fear thaaa regulation* could ba appended to (pacifically nantien ink, mt ia attanptinp to keap alsroaat of thaaa aetivitiaa. Sm tellawiap ia oaa aaoond (apart to yot on thia aubjact. TIM Maociatlon alii kaap pe ahraaae of nar .avulopannta. i. MAP - UPPU. (MO miMCH MCfOW 1. fffrryl a. jHjilw^ <?> M. >W s. 30d0 -- PMiad By Sonata ia dona -- oatabliahod lavala of 0.3 and .OS, ooaaietaat with IPS reyulatlon and provided far raaaareh. oooa remittee an aantlnf and cumenty approved aaondaanta to faction 101? of Vtwlbua aoaninf Pill" ahiah Monld ootahlioh only tha 0.3 level on January 1, 1P71, and wall provide far radanl pro-anptiaa n laad Pill fnllad to elaaa *tta to panit final vote h. BAJMllftSiaSa.0)1 MMt 4. 1973 PM confined ardor (af Much 11th) aatahllahlnp Q. local aa of Janaary l, 1973i dofarrad notion an .OS lama mtt Intar data - anny chjaettona nanland pandli*. taint 4 Oidar eon* ftraad IU poaltian that Pan applied only to pmdaeta "ahippad ia iatorotnta cermarca" aftnr Tlanfiar 31, 1972, and iadicatad that ns could not initiate "rapurchaee* action. 0007--SWP-036692 a. laaltiana law (Mile Sec 371) ana --nfd in apacial aaaoiam ta pro* aide Car laad local and label lnp aoaaiatant with federal ataadarda. tffeotiva Janaacy 1, 1973 fas pulata JloClSSKSi >Itar data. >Mi nanCos ylOaita Tia a!MnaaPnpn#ana^ N21887 1. ItttM (cont'd) b. Kentucky Uv <j|.a.4t7> bee*** effaceivo July 1, 1972. Prohibited wfcetwi, Hit or d m of any paint or coating with nora chan 0.5 par* cm* load on any "toys. children'! furniture, interior eurfaee of any AnUlag* or any other eurfaee aaaily accessible to children under the ** of 7 years* unless application for asaaptlon and doewontation filed. Xanuaeky law provides for reduction in lead level to .Od percent on January l, 1*74. c. Massachusetts lav <>.*. *244), approved Moveaber 13, 1971 prohibits Old Of laad-bued paints (nor* than 0.9 percent) after January 1, ll?j. Coven *interior or anterior aerfacea ar fixture of any dwelling, `and anaeptisna can bo granted only by an adviaory coeeuttee of nine aaabors, which auat Include fear doetore end two parents! Alee includes reetrictione en rale ~t houiea wbero lead-baaed paint exists. 3. Cities i> CTHcaen -- bn ordinances beoaaa affective on July 1, 1P73 in spite of action in federal court, one ordinance prohibits sale of interior paints (with core than .N percent lend) after July 1, 1972. Ohio -- ordinance, affective August 30, 1*73, bans 'sale. use, or application of laed-beaad coatings (defined ea one-percent) .... an any shooed surface, interior or exterior, of any dwelling or dwelling unit." coverage alee extends to eootlng* intended fox esc on 'fixtures or other objects used, installed or located in or upon any exposed surface of any dwelling or dwelling unit........ * e, Chattanoosa, Tenneeeee - - ordinance (44494) affective October 3, 1972 - restricts the see of aad requires labeling for paints containing ante than 0.9 percent lead! else prohibits sale of "toys and furniture* to which d. Oobroi* baa ordinance pending which, as presently drafted, would para llel the OH raps ordinance, as to lead content, scope aad labeling, few aver, Detroit officials have invited industry consents and have precised hHflB|Xe a. ttasvar. FwnsvlwU Is ptsparing "to develop a toad tolsonln* Oudtnanc't .i<d tagslacica end a Proposed bead Voiaening t.-ogran." 4. Cieedt Hi flwtt A pseapaotiva utriscst to the Cinedies tasardoue Products Ant will provide a -!) lead level of 1.9 parewt far the production of all iatminr tin she - after January 1. 1*73, This level will bo reduced to 0.9 purusnt effective ca or ahem January 1, 1974. of * .9 percent, by children. standard specifically for eoye. 0007--SWF-03 6693 0007-SWP-000118010 9 . OAMirtonow or k u md o u i mnmai VIM Raaardous Material Mafulatien Board, o. 9. Oapartiwnt of Transportation, and OoeiMOtional Bafaty and Uaalth Administration, D. B. Dspartaont of Labor, both pub lished -- in the Vodoral Batistas of Juno IS, 1*72 (at ppo. 11B9B - 11*03) ~ propoaala for re*ulatory rhaotoo in ra dafinitiona of flasnnhU and coatoustibia liquids and ralatad taot aothods. Tha aiwiwirod objective ana to achiaaa uniformity "to faailitata tha propor idantiflaation, classification and control of f) sonsbio anil sosfwisi Hilo liquids in plaaaa of asvlaynaac and in taanapartation.` i. tha POT proposal would dafino a flfsbla liquid aa any liquid bavin* a flash point bale* loopp. <l?.o*c.l, a ooabustlbia liquid would aaan any liquid bavin* a flash point at or ahovo 100T. and balow 200r. (*J. "tyroforio" liquids alao ara iaeludad. thaan axa dafiaad aa any liquid that, iqaitna apontaaaouaiy in dry or aaiat air ot or bolaw U0*y. <M.5*C.). its Cloaad Taatar (MRN 0 *3-71) ia prascrlbad for Uquida cenaolidat ebo To* Clasod Toatar (hint a Si-70) for otbora. ____________ sold urban** Ocaapstionsl Bafsty m Health atandarda 1*10. lOB and 1*10.100) to bn oonoiatont with l. 0007-SWP-03(S694 0007-SWP-000118011 technically since.Roman , time*- Like-.- Drugs AdmrnisiraliOT^thaT?;special^,5r""ves ,0 `heir other adverse^enidron^tal fartom .warning'stafemenujbe^^'i^,^-S^itabe'I!a*,er --' - -* however,;, there. .ha;`.b" *a . sharp . paint containing mareWnOtf per,grot As.reported to Presid">t Nixon in increase in background j.coment. inlead, calculated on Vih^ :^yght3\off pe*>rua^r'l9? by the National Polrecent Umes-^mainly,. attnbumble to `contained solids ir dried paint film:Cunlro1 Cuncil: "mercury is the motor .car and use of leaded - a Lead-based Paint Poison Proven:., used by Ihc paint and varnish industry' petrol. Legislation (to., phase , out or tion'Act* made law in Febniary-J?7^,'r to meet marine and other requirements phase down the amount of tctra-ethyl ' > prohibits the use of lead paint bn sur- ivfbr umi-rouling puints for ships and for lead in motor fuels has been enacted in_ faces accessible to'chitdren In Pcderal," niildcw-prooliiig paint because of its other countries and recently it has been or r;ederal-assisteddwdlings.AMasie-j ability to . prevent or slow-down announced`by Mr Peter Walker, that chusetts lau. banning the use bfiead-.' undesirable growths". Following a the UK is to do likewise over the next bu ;cd paints containing ntore then 0*5,^ finding that mudflats ground nsrinas few years. " White lead was the main while pig- mem in paint for centuries but titanium dioxide has now usurped thal position. So, by and large, paints can pci cent lead will take effect from" in Massachusetts contained 9S0 ppm of J.tn ar> | 1*73 5*' mercury caused hv mercury-containing H.>wever, this apparent concensus of. anli-roulunts, any ` use or mercury l> I per cent lead,is not the end^of_the"- containing unli-fpulants was banned by M.).--. Moves were set afoot by a com-'--local law. -- *?- be made today without lead, or at most innocuously small amounts. But we still have a legacy of old lead paint on buildings and the worse the housing conditions the greater the chance of toxic lead hazard- . In the last year or so in the USA there has been massive publicity tl tens of thousands of children poisoned annually by the lead in flaking paint. And in some places $ ch as Newark, the local board of he Ith now has powers to require landlord . to remove existing lead paint from d til ings! *Ti"ce headed by Senator -Edward 1 . Kennedy with technical .assistance of'- Immediate ban ' the American .- In March, this year, i the -EPA and FDAtjjJintffTead in paint to mounted an immediate ban on inter percp*K" ` XC~ - state shipments of 32 of the most loxic J nis new limit was reportedly based mertiury-containing biocides and on. on feeding tests on adult humans and is thcir\application, inter alia to anti- stated to have indicated that 40 micro- . fouling paints Tor boats. It has been grams of lead per J00 ml of blood is an -.cstima ed that 786,000 pounds of upper limit because at this level, amino mercui y had been used annually in the laevulinic acid (AllA) increased mark- ,,'USA.i n paints,. One repercussion has edly. ALA is involved in haemoglobin - been a 1 unprecedented fall in the price `' production and the fact that" it .'of met airy. appeared in the urine was taken as .The commonest mercury-containing evidence that it had become unused in biocidi s used in point*'are organo- Safety margin For young children, there appear: its proper haemoglobin 'production mercui ials. It had been thought that function because of enzyme blocking.`some'/distinction would be..-drawn by lead. From this it was considered between the.alkyl mercurials',used in" be no real safety margin in view ofj that the permissible intake of lead agriculture .and the phenyl/mancuriak ` high background levels of lead ii daily by a chi Id should be limited to 300 used/by the paint industry- but _ this . environment generally. They getj micrograms, that half of this' (150. apparently no longer `holds," fallowing from food, drink and air. Undei micrograms) will normally be' taken.`'the/derision in the -Grea't Lakes '. conditions, the additional hazard of into the child.from food, drink and air ' biochemical case.' children chewing flakes of paint that leaving only another .150 micrograms y The FDA have proposed ` that a could contain lead in a form that wool "for indulging in lead paint injestion"."''-special warning statement should be react with their physiology appears Inorganic lead salts were used .in the; rei uired for paints containing more be unarguable. Most stringent of 1 feeding tests (with adult not child. th n 005 per cent of mercury. In EEC ` regulations have regard to the to subjccislsd the vexed question remains'-' co iiitries, the law requires paints con- lead content of inhaled or injeste of relating _ such tests with lead-!',' ta ting mercurial fungicides . to 'be- ' material although, of course, the 1< containing pigments or lead driers in ` id< ntified with a skull and crossbone- can be present in different forms, paint films. Appropriate represent--rjal varying solubility in gastric juices et ations arc being made by tbe US point.. /We must expect that there will te and it is reasonable to argue that son industry, but as the matter appears to', limits for other potentially toxic tratc-^. lead components of paint may be stand at present there are FDA regul- /elements and already it,, has bee;." j encapsulated with resin or poly ations requiring0-5 percent maximum J proposed by the FDA that speciliv ' " merised oil that the lead does not react with the physiological system. December 31 1971 .and 006'per - warnings be .required for paints'cor- - ; by 1973. taining --more than 0-05 per cer Hie US paint industry set a volun __ ^ ...... - (500 ppm) arsenic: cadmium, selenium- tary standard specifying a maximum of Mrpory^ : individually'TM- in total, calculated on 1-0 per cent lead in paint for use on -?. Pubjr ^j-C--o-n--c-e--r-n----e-n--s--u-e d -'fo-llowing the weight of contained...s..o...l.i.*....o..r...d..r.i.e..d. children's toys, furniture or interior ft figs olt merc.u.ry .<cP-rro&*oriwV pa.in..t f,,ilrm. The UK Toy Paint --reg,uula_ surfaces but, unfortunately for those fish in lap A and other places,*-' tions limit to 250 ppm arsenic and that contended that it was only old Mineralogic fiy, merriiiy is notr * soluble antimony, barium, cadmium paint that was responsible for potent- wfidely distributed element and deposits ;`rand chromium. ially hazardoouuss_s_it_u_a_tio__n_s_,_a__N_e_w___Y_o_r_k -yieldin_g m.ore than 1 per cent arc rare."- The'NNaattiioonnsal Paint and Coatings City Bureau of Lead Poisoning .Con-* The Earth now apparently B Association's reportedly initiating * trol survey showed that 16 out of 76 .widespread content of-aboth research study on the toxicity of an retailed products contained more than 0-04 ppm. Tne US~ Public' Health even wider range (25) of industrial 1 per cent lead and did not carry the Service has set a value of 0-0005 ppm Continued on page SI * ttnleit MnmilhiMUfB 0007-SWP-036695 0007-SWP-000118012 . = _ t^jreL\ 's F of the v--k j discussion of the;pa ciser logether-^tbeir mutation, * '---^ '' Literature `tSuitable for almost all types of low and ' `' .At. hl*h viscosity liquids a distinct advan- is given in application in which hcnsive la .. ' 17 1 "`lor-aids are normally used as the . V ' > analysis- ^ S__ :'-.; Fninailily tinbetrrteaarweTiSiw^ ^ Plrconiam chemicals and magnesium - *lements do tot require `pre- . ponders; A leaflet published by Thewf-.Operating costs and down time WaJ t 1 uM<.- - the natiure, slructd^^^Ptcr* co ; British Aluminium Company's Chem-; ^^uc'd and re-c,rtulat,? is not of fillteers., ;a-j^ffjgrtoiwc ' -ical Division presents -.the. extensive ' , ,. ' , Jivctopmcnt wort carried out in these jfcu- ?"** f . 'h* " ConvirtiUtOsii^S^^iM uJj* by Magnesium Elektron Ltd, a - ' " *,,he Vle ,r a sscf/TT TfV :*** ' *n *' w -" *rth ; mw b iftC n*J flfi IH - !r* the `rJ * 2 *te he k. TJ -h .h .0 > *K t .n st x .*? v Technology MmtatsVm X'ftbb'htJ ".e>Biari. who are the worlds lanLt' fh^"* a `"Pre'="s>ve account of on hehalfofthe OCCA.Uy Chapman***& - r -r-ufjciurer of a wide range of v a - ^ company s activities. Hall, 350 PP, 2-80.J ,-.onlum chemicals.' ,, . j t- ur,, ? s.`,ear sec,Mn v,hlch n be After a gtneral.introduaory ;a mat,Mode is the subject'-of a ` Lussion there follow several chapterson - from Joseph Crosficldi Sons. f*nIo`/i,*r '*!he fu" ranfe ,of packaging raw materials'foLcoafipfi^iocluiiirf conventional coatiagsbiucd cndr-vm? oils, . consideration Vofyrdeonesinou* hk.c*itrvt*cr:u1Vl ccaarnt bhee'nustetdd Mas a raw : - ' 2?,ed *? ^t.t>incr industries. Coates bulletin for printers. Inklings --ul for the "production of resins .' . thcr'"chemical intermediates, a 82, carries three articles of everyday tarnishes and of metbodsof *( the. se f.ilm.s. The w"- recent.'-but noifc extensively used.-materials, are then introduced, among them alkyd. amino, i,::u asent and stiffening agent T". Progress in Coloration and Topics, Volume 3, has been l^hed by The Society of Dyers and importance to printers. The first describes the technique, problems and requirements of ink colour matching 'and the comparison with matching epoxide polyester .iwd ..poljam.* resins. A consideration or silicones brings this section of.the book m * close. The remainder of the work n devoted to pigmented convertible coat ings. There is an account of the composition, properties and method* <.X.>urits, PO Box 244, Bradford I, \ s-rk*. ,' , Andcrman A Co have recently published a new price list of Merck Kcagcnts for Amino Acid Analysis. . Pmxcl CKL--a liquid preservative for aqueous systems (leaflet D 1204) other colouring'materials. The other articles cover a new method of esti mating flexographic and gravure ink consumption -- with the acronym SPANKERS--and a study of the characteristics which effect the paper/ ink relationship. of dispersing pigments in these coat ar.d for metal working fluids (leaflet ings, and this is followed by a des cription of decorative and water paints and industrial finishes. - The book U 12731--is detailed in technical The Environment information publications from ICI. The 1972 edition of the Merck and Paint closes with a chapter on Use technology General Catalogue of chemicals is Continued from page 4B of emulsion polymerisation/' available from Anderman & Co Ltd. metals and their compounds used by Stropping mid tying systems from Metric Conversion Card, VS National PAord are featured in a series of A4 Bureau of Standards; Special Pub leaflets describing the four major lication 365, 10 cents each, $6-25 per . Pakord strapping materials--Hyplex 100 + 25y.forp+p. - plastic strapping. Pakord high tenacity The use of the metric system of rayon strapping. Tytape, a hand-tying measurement is increasing in the material, and Tycord, a synthetic string United States. This plastic * metric for both manual and automatic tying. conversion pocket card, which con International Red Hand Marine tains the minimum data needed for Coatings Cut Escalating Costs is the such conversions, gives the factors for title of a toose-lcar brochure emphasis converting from customary to meiric * ing the use of Latenac high build units of length, area, volume, mass chlorinated -Vrocr scheme as an 'weight), and temperature The other economic, u v .-rsal marine coating. side gives the corresponding con- j Information /vets give specifications the paint industry.and which will involve solubility studies in gastric juices and animal feeding tests with dried'paint films. A seminar pn Effects of Current Government 'Legislation and Regulations on the paint industry was part of (he 53th Anniversary Annual Meeting or the Federation of Societies for Paint Technology in Atlantic City in October where *up*to- the-last-tninute" discussion took place ofcurrent government actions to limit the content of lead, mercury and other heavy metals in palms, -O version factors for going from metric . on the use o. me scheme for both new to customary. construction and vessels in service, feature the aprlv-ation of Latenac on Marketing guide to the Mat Industry ; different typev of ships, including con tin the USA), 3rd edition, edited by ; tainer ships, tankers, bulk carriers and Patricia Noble, Charles H Kline A Co j car-passenger ferric*.' w s a ). ' , , Spray boothy and law-hake areas foe Provides a single volume source oi j vehicle and industrial painting require marketing, economic -and company ' ment! are the subject of a leaflet from data previously available only from Federal Engineering (Essex) Ltd. There scattered sources. '. p\, < are drawings .showing four types of layout, .supported by photographs of Plywood, its Manafactere and Uses. an installation. . . ,, Timber Jtcsrarch and Development A ten page publication from Aeronca Assn,AApp,30p. ' Winslow Fillers describes their recently This contains a great dent of in introduced range of APT Allen and formation on the manufacture, PTFE filter elements. APT filter units bonding and structural uses of .the contain PTFE filter dements with a material as well as chapters on decor nigh resistance to chemical action, low Reading list arbaurt Ward and Rene IVi>v. Only One birth An unnfllei*l icrortcimym\ienctfbytbo Secretary- General of the l/aitcd Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Andre Deattch, London 19721. , . ,f . . D,ibHa. OMdeabdeorwR*oemf e (EUamrtnhaMmaOudn.wLoihn,dAonre?ruVn73*lfor tadrnp*,CLoomnmdoonnerI9. TT2h).e Cltnun* Orel* (Jonathan H.anJ.dHWeondrke*fWofthA.rTtJhOeUCPon, nLeor*nadtoinna(Vn5f6A).tiltaultSef I. A, JCerref*!- Mochanaun offbouiehcfnlcaf mw * formation. ChemU/ry In Orlnit, (972. IK6L 252. a Bryet Smith* Bdiavimirai etTeetii of lead and other heavy metal rotated* thU, 2m. Ctmwtmr froteetkm. Tnc Toys (Safety} RegutatimM IM7. Statatory liMtrureerx No MS7 (HMSO. Ld mim). ... Cmtnty of LfW Anaelrt. Air eottuthm Conired DiMricL Rule id~OrtJftie Sofsenu; Rule * I-- AErveahoioiercstiuionndnCrSonaltbineaasts;.RJuunlee 61&5.I&9~MDk po u I end dqr of New Vork. Air Fo Mu ik mi Control Code LoceSefotLfoalwCNodoe.4J9u. lyAUICU19W722. 5 1971; Air Potluiian US Federal Air PoUuttoa PuHk Law 9I695.. Order vi EPA Admmoltatnr to Cnat Lake* kv chemteaL Federal R^er. Octotwr 19 1971. ative veneers, finishes, protective and fire retardant treatments. co-clltcionl of friction and self, lub ricating and non-stick characteristics. Th author Is a consultant to th Paint Research Association. ' Paint Manufacture--Novambet 1972 51 0007-SWP-036696 0007-SWP-000118013