A study by the Lead Exposure Elimination Project found that more than 70% of paints exceeding the safe lead limit, produced by 31 manufacturers in Malaysia, carried no lead information on their cans. (Envato Elements pic)KUALA LUMPUR: A study released by the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (Leep) today revealed that one in four paints tested in Malaysia exceeded the safe lead limit of 90 parts per million (ppm).
Of the 31 manufacturers in the study, nearly half sold at least one paint that exceeded the limit, with the highest reading reaching 99,000ppm – approximately 1,100 times the limit.
The study also found that over 70% of paints that exceeded the safe limit had no lead information on their cans.
