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Lead watchdog says 71pc of paints sold in Kenya pose danger to users [1]

There is a 71 per cent chance that the coat of paint on your house wall contains dangerously high amounts of lead, a new report says.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2017
East African (Kenya) [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Lead [4], Paint [5], Hazardous Products [6], Heavy Metals [7], Kenya [8], Health Effects [9], Africa [10]
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