LEAD IN PAINTS – DECREE NO. 9.315, OF MARCH 20, 2018

After the publication of the study on Lead in Paints in Brazil, APROMAC and TOXISPHERA pressured the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for years to take legal action aimed at regulating Federal Law No. 11762 of 2008.  The regulation was necessary to point out the authority responsible for implementing the supervision of the use of lead in real estate and children’s paints. Only in 2018 was Decree 9315 published that appointed INMETRO – National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology as the responsible authority for the regulation and supervision of the provisions of Federal Law 11.762 of 2008 and the cited Decree.

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