Media

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IPEN
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Lead Safe Paint® Updates

Asian Coatings’ newly certified Lead Safe Paints® launched at Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition(March 2024)

Triton Paints Philippines Earns Lead Safe Paint® Certification (March 2024)

Philippines’ DILG reiterates mandatory use of lead-safe paints (April 2023)

Environmental Health Groups Pitch for Third-Party Lead-Safe Paint® Certification (October 2022)

Quezon City school unveils mural promoting lead-safe paints (October 2021)

Philippine LGUs urged to pass ordinances requiring procurement and use of lead-safe paints (August 2021)

Philippines wins Future Policy Award for banning lead in all paints (June 2021)

Philippines makes history phasing out lead paints (October 2020)

Multilac receives lead safe certification again (March 2020)

Sycwin Coating & Wires Receives Lead Safe Paint® Certification for All Paint Brands (October 2019)

Industry leader outlines how the Philippines phased out lead paint (September 2018)

Quezon City ordinance requiring the use of Lead Safe Paints® in the construction, maintenance, and renovation of projects and activities (June 2018)

Davao City ordinance requiring the use of Lead Safe Paints® in construction, maintenance, and renovation projects and other activities (June 2018)

Filipino campaigner for Lead Safe Paint® receives Goldman Environmental Prize (April 2018)

Philippines’ Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) issues Memorandum Circular on the Mandatory use of Lead-Safe Paints by LGUs (March 2018)

Elite Paint Receives First Lead Safe Paint® Certification in Bangladesh (August 2017)

Watch Group Lauds Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Directive on Mandatory Use of Lead-Safe Paints (July 2017)

Philippines’ Department of Education (DepEd) makes use of “independently certified lead-safe paints/coatings” mandatory in all school buildings, furniture, fixtures, learning materials, tools and equipment (January 2017)

Sri Lankan Paint Company Multilac receives Lead Safe Paint® certification (October 2016)

Philippines leading paint manufacturers—Boysen and Davies—receive Lead Safe Paint® certification (July 2016)