U.S. and Japan Policy on Lead-Based Coatings

Since the 1990s, the United States has applied control over leaded paints and measures, especially coatings that are closely related to humans and children. The U.S. EPA has invested resources to train private inspection agencies and personnel as well as the civil complaints telephone number 1-800-424-LEAD(5323). U.S. law even stipulates that if the house was built in the 1980s, the homeowner must disclose to the customer the lead content of the house paint during the sale and renting. In addition, as long as there are more than 10 employees in the US manufacturing industry and related companies with output exceeding 10 tons, they must apply for and review each year according to the toxic release list provided by the EPA (the relevant link is http://).

The current methods of reducing lead content in paints in Japan are mainly self-discipline of enterprises and propaganda of trade associations. The government proposes target requirements as supporting measures. The Japan Paint Industry Association published a report in 1996 on reducing the risk of lead paint. Since then, the artificial addition of lead compounds has been virtually eliminated in Japan in less than a year. Since then, it has introduced the lead content limit standard covering all coating fields. The latest version is “JIS K5674-2008 Lead-free and Chromium-free Antirust Paint”, and the lead content is 0.06% or less. Japan has passed the "Principles for the Promotion of the Management of Exempt Chemical Substances" (PRTR Act), which stipulates that for the first category of specific chemical substances (including lead and its compounds), it shall be obliged to identify in the MSDS if the content exceeds 0.1% (1000PPM). , and need to report their emissions (the relevant link is http://).