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Lead paint on a porch in 2018. Lead-based paint was widely used in the United States because of its durability. The United States banned the manufacture of lead-based house paint in 1978 due to health concerns.
Lead paint is banned in the European Union by the 2003 Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), which forbids hazardous substances in consumer goods, including paint. This act superseded and harmonized existing laws of the member states, many of which had banned lead paint years before.
In the past, lead was added to household paint to increase its drying speed and improve the durability and life of the finish. However, Lead is toxic and is a possible carcinogen. In 1978, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the residential use of lead-based paint containing ≥0.06% lead (600 ppm). [2] [3] [4]
Lead was often mixed into oil-based paints before 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use in the U.S. Over time, oil-based paints will crack in a distinctive alligator scale-like ...
Forty-six years after it was banned in the U.S., many homes still have lead paint, which could potentially cause health problems.
Lead-based house paint banned by the Consumer Product Safety Commission [9] 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act require new drinking-water waterpipes , solder , and flux to be "lead-free"; however, this is defined as less than 8% lead in pipes, and 0.2% in solder and flux. [ 10 ]
Most lead-based paint in the United Kingdom were banned from sale to the general public in 1992, except for specialist uses. Prior to this, lead compounds had been used as the pigment and drying agent in different types of paint, for example brick and some tile paints. Lead-based paint has been an important cause of lead poisoning.
[3] [5] Lead can get into soils via deposits from leaded gasoline (which was banned in the United States in 1996 by the Clean Air Act), degradation of leaded paint on nearby paint surfaces, exterior lead-based paint chippings and dust, and industrial sites. [5] [3] It is important that lead contaminated soils be properly disposed as soon as ...