Minister of Agriculture and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has expressed concern regarding the tourism industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay,
Especially if the importing country âhas low capacity for monitoring tradeâ. South Africans exposed to high levels of lead chromates despite legal limits â children most at risk
QUEZON CITY â The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition wrapped up its participation in this yearâs International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) with an urgent plea to retailers, offline and online, to stop the unethical and unlawful distribution and sale of paints with violative levels of lead, a potent brain and reproductive toxicant and an endocrine disrupting chemical.
You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery. âThey found the cheapest yellow pigment available at that time,â Forsyth says. The vibrant yellow pigment was lead chromate. Itâs often used in industrial paints â think of the yellow of construction vehicles.
