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Z66.I-I964 Revision of Z66.I-I955 UDC 614.89:613.95 American Standard Specifications to Minimize Hazards to Children from Residual Surface Coating Materials Sponsor American Academy of Pediatrics Approved April 29, 1964 AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED L IA250A5 American Standard Registered United States Patent Office An American Standard implies a consensus of those substantially concerned with its scope and provisions. An American Standard is intended as a guide to aid the manufacturer, the consumer, and the general public. The existence of an American Standard does not in any respect preclude anyone, whether he has approved the standard or not, from manufacturing, marketing,' purchasing, or using products, processes, or procedures not conforming to the standard. American Standards are subject to periodic review and users are cautioned to obtain the latest editions. Producers of goods made in conformity with an American Standard are encouraged to state on their own responsibility in advertising, promotion material, or on tags or labels, that the goods are produced in conformity with particular American Standards. Published by AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 East 40th Street, New York, N. Y. 10016 Copyright 1964 by American Standards Association, Incorporated Universal Decimal Classification 614.89:613.95 Printed in USA D3MS64/I LIA 25046 Foreword (This Foreword is not a part of American Standard Specifications to Minimize Hazards to Children from Residual Surface Coating Materials, Z66.1-1964.) ASA Sectional Committee on Prevention or Control of Hazards to Children, Z66, was organized in 1953 by the American Standards Association, under the sponsorship of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The purpose of this committee's activity is to develop specifications, tests, and procedures to minimize home haz ards to children which might result in physical injury or poisoning. Toward this end a subcommittee was appointed to deal with the identification or labeling of paint products to indi cate that they are safe to use in painting objects or surfaces which might be ingested by children. In view of the scope and objectives of the work of the Z66 Sectional Committee and of this subcommittee, the con sideration of the subject was limited to the potential hazards to children such as might come from the handling and use of painted articles. Here the hazard would be from toxicity of coatings ingested. Study of this problem was suggested because of a number of reports of cases of lead poisoning in children as a result of swallowing dried lead paint, chewed off from various surfaces to which the child had access. Such surfaces were, predominantly, painted interior woodwork. This standard therefore deals with the toxicity hazards which may be encountered through the ingestion of dried coatings on articles or surfaces accessible to children. ASA Sectional Committee Z66, which reviewed and approved this standard, had the following personnel at the time of approval: Dr Ed w a r d Pr es s , Chairman La w r e n c e A. Ca r v ey , Secretary Organization Represented Name of Representative and Business Affiliation American Academy of Pediatrics..................... ........... Dr Ed w ar d Pr es s , Illinois Department of Public Health Dr Sa mu e l So u t h a r d American Association of University Women .. ........... Ka t h e r in e Ab b o t Wel l s American Home Economics Association ......... ........... Gl ad y s C. Pe c k h a m American Hospital Association........................ ........... Pet er B. Ter en zio , The Roosevelt Hospital Sa mu e l Wh it e, Jr , American Hospital Association American Petroleum Institute.......................... ........... J. R. No bl e American Public Health Association............... ........... Representation Vacant American Society of Safety Engineers............. ........... J. T. Wad k in s , Richmond Area Safety Council Th o mas J. Ber k , Metropolitan Insurance Company (Alt) American Society for Testing and Materials .. ........... Camer o n A. Bak er , Better Fabrics Testing Bureau Association of Casualty and Surety Companies ........... Car l F. 0l an d er . The American Insurance Company Child Study Association of America............... ........... A. D. BUCHMUELLER Good Housekeeping Institute............................ ........... Ro g er G. Co o k Industrial Medical Association........................ ........... Dr Fr ed er ic k Sh il l it o , Ohio State University > Dr Jo h n Po u t as Institute for Safer Living................................ ........... Mar y He n ic a n Ric h t er , American Mutual Liability Insurance Company L. P. Bl o o mer , American Mutual Liability Insurance Company (Alt) Lead Industries Association................................................................................ Do n G. Fo w l er R. L. Ziec f el d (Alt) National League for Nursing.................................................... ........................Dr Hel en M. Wal l ac e, University of California Mar c ar et Lo t s y , New York City Health Department (Alt) National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association...........................................R. J. Ec k ar t , Sapolin Paints D. S. Rin c (Alt) National Safety Council...................................................................................... Ric h ar d Man u el l Ph il Dy k s t r a (Alt) National Society for Crippled Children and Adults......................................... El izabet h M. Wag n er Parents' Magazine Consumer Service Bureau.................................................. Es t h er Mc Cabe Do r o t h y Re n k e n (Alt) Toy Guildance Council .................................................................................. . Ar n o l d R. Bo l k a Emma Sh e e h y , Columbia University (Alt) Toy Manufacturers of the USA .........................................................................St u ar t Ho o v er Dr Gr ac e La n c d o n (Alt) U. S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards.................... P. T. Ho w ar d M. W. Sa n d h o l ze r (Alt) U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Children's Bureau .... Dr Pa u l in e G. St it t LIA25047 Organization Represented U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration (Liaison) ................. U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards U. S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Liaison) ................................ Name of Representative and Business Affiliation Representation Vacant Cl y d e P. Smit h He n r y L. Ve r h u l s t Eu c en e L. Le h r (Alt) The Z66.1 Subcommittee which prepared this standard had the following personnel: R. J. Ec k ar t , Chairman Sapolin Paints Dr Ch a r l e s Ab l e r My r o n E. Av e r il l Hercules Powder Company Dr Jo h n H. Fo u l c er R. H. Hic c in s Benjamin Moore and Company St u a r t Ho o v e r Toy Manufacturers of the USA P. T. Ho w ar d U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Wil l ia m H. Lu t z Pratt & Lambert, Inc Ch a r l e s R. Ma r t e n s Sherwin Williams Company Dr Ma y Ma y e r s Do n G. Fo w l er , Secretary Lead Industries Association Dr Sa m Mo l in a s U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration Da Th o ma s W. Na l e Union Carbide Corporation He n r y Ra y b in New York City Health Department Da n ie l S. Rin c National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association Leo Sil y e r s t e in Da l l a s Sp a r s e E. L duPont de Nemours & Company He n r y L. Ve r h u l s t U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare He n r y J. Wh it s o n National Lead Company LIA25048 American Standard Specifications to Minimize Hazards to Children from Residual Surface Coating Materials 1. Scope and Purpose This standard specifies the requirements for coatings such as paints, enamels, lacquers, etc, applied in liquid form, that are deemed suitable from a health standpoint to be used to paint children's toys or furniture or interior surfaces so that the danger of poisoning will be mini mized if, by chance, some of the dry coating should be ingested by a child. 2. Specifications A liquid coating material to be deemed suitable, from a health standpoint, for use on articles such as furniture, toys, etc, or for interior use in dwelling units where the dry film might be ingested by children: (1) Shall not contain lead compounds of which the lead content (calculated as Pb) is in excess of one per cent of the total weight of the contained solids (including pigments, film solids, and driers); (2) Shall not contain compounds of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, or selenium of which the metal con tent individually or in total (calculated as Sb, As, Cd, Hg, Se, respectively) is in excess of 0.06 percent by weight of the contained solids (including pigments, film solids, and driers); (3) Shall not contain barium compounds of which the water soluble barium (calculated as Ba) is in excess of one percent of the total barium in such coatings. 3. Marking Coatings complying with this standard may be marked: "Conforms to American Standard Z66.1-1964 for use on surfaces which might be chewed by children." No t e: Suggested test methods for low concentrations of lead in paint and for the determination of low quantities of mercury in paint are contained in the following ASTM Standards (copies available from American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.): Tentative Method for Determination of Low Concentrations of Lead in Paint, ASTM D 2088-62 T Tentative Method for Determination of Low Quantities of Mer cury in Paint, ASTM D 2206-63 T 5 LIA25049 American Standards The standard in this booklet is one of over 2000 standards approved to date by the American Standards Association, Incorporated. The ASA provides the machinery for creating voluntary standards. 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