ARE PAINTS DANGEROUS?

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 591, 6 August 1913, Page 6

ARE PAINTS DANGEROUS?

The decree of danger attending the use of while lend in paints is still disputed. Investigations have been made by si:; European? eountrirs, but France adore has felt justified in takinti" action. .\; i. • r -lannsrv Is!. i'.Hh, the use <>i paint which contains while lead is prohibiten for house pamtirf.'. Ba =iu lean enrbnnatte or white iead no onis!. writes a correspoudi nt in "Capiiaie' as a white pj-menl. Hf the three oilier.'? in common if:-.-, haaic lead sulphate has proven as poisora. us as white.lead and a failure in practice: sine oxide, or aine whirr, is nam l expensive and les-' durable for outdoor use; and the mix:are of sane sulphide and barium sulphate, known as lithopone, aoon darkena on .rposure to light. A chief complaint has been that white Irad in dryinp ;iiv-s off poisonous vapour conlaininr: ioa:i. Ah results of a special h,v< sii;:at jon reported by ]]. E. Armstmnp and ('. A. Klein to thi <r London scrtien of the Soeiety of Chemical Industiy, i! appears that the vipoma o\ dryin" white lead pastes, and pa.inia du ra'i contan lead, but consist, eliii by of turpentine, to which occasional to--;jc effects ara due, with sonic prs.'ti.-nl'.y harmless oxidation products <>i the oil. Some cases of true lead poisoning have come from the dust of ruhheddown old paints, or from fresh paint on unwashed hands.