According to the 16 CFR Part 1303 standard developed by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paint and similar surface coating materials containing lead or lead compounds are prohibited as dangerous paint products containing lead. Accordingly, the following consumer products are also prohibited as dangerous goods:
Accordingly, those products described above that are customarily produced or distributed in or around a residence, school, recreation or otherwise to consumers for use or pleasure fall within the scope of this standard.
In addition to products sold directly to consumers, the ban also applies to products used by aftermarket consumers, such as paints used in residences, schools, hospitals, parks, playgrounds and public buildings or other areas where consumers have direct access to the painted surface.
A lead content of more than 0.06 percent in paints and coatings accessible to children carries a risk of lead poisoning. This ratio was later reduced to 0.009.
For the purposes of this standard, the term paint and other similar surface coating materials is a liquid with or without a finely divided suspension of coloring matter that turns into a solid film when a thin layer is applied to a metal, wood, stone, paper, leather, fabric, plastic or other surface. denotes semi-liquid or other materials. This term does not include printing inks or materials that actually become part of the substrate, such as pigment in a plastic article, or materials that actually bond to the substrate, such as electroplating or ceramic polishing.
Lead-containing paint refers to paint containing lead, paint or other similar surface coating materials containing lead or lead compounds that exceed 0,009 percent by weight of the total non-volatile content of the paint or the dried paint film.
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