Dialogue on eliminating lead in paint today
Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO) will organise a high level policy dialogue at ESDOs head office at Lalmatia in the capital at 11:30am today in observance of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-2015, says a press release. Bangla version of the National Lead Report- 2015 will be launched at this meeting as well. To eliminate lead in paint, International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is observed every year. With the theme, Eliminate Lead Paint, ESDO is observing International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - 2015 from October 25 to 30 this year. ESDO aims to eliminate the use of lead in paints by 2017 and set up the immediate standard of 50 ppm by 2015. The policy dialogue will be constituted with high officials from Berger Paints, Moon Star Paints, Roxy Paint, RAK Paint, Anchor Paint, and Elite Paints, government officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Department of Environment (DoE) and Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute (BSTI) and ESDO officials.
