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Dangerous Ingredients
Dangerous Ingredients
Heavy Metals
Heavy Metals
Phenyl Mercuric Acetate (PMA)
Phenyl Mercuric Acetate (PMA)
"Phenyl mercuric acetate (PMA) and similar mercury compounds have been widely used as water-based paint additives, and may still be used in some countries. These compounds were used as “in-can” preservatives to extend the shelf life by controlling bacterial fermentation in the can (biocides), as well as to retard fungus attacks on painted surfaces under damp conditions (fungicides).
Inorganic mercury compounds of very low solubility have also been used as additives in marine coatings and paints to impede bacteria formation and to hinder the development of marine organisms. This use is believed to have been largely discontinued by the mid-1970s (US DOC, as cited in NJ MTF, 2002)." - Zero Mercury: Paints and Varnishes
Solutions
Solutions
Laws & Policies
Laws & Policies
"Relevant legislation and NGO policy work
Globally
The Minamata Convention on Mercury, under Article 4 requires that Each Party shall not allow, by taking appropriate measures, the manufacture, import or export of mercury-added biocides , after 2020, except where the Party has a registered exemption pursuant to Article 6.
In the EU
REACH (EC 1907/2006) (among others) restricts the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations, and includes a prohibition of the use of mercury substances in marine anti-fouling paints, wood preservatives, among others
The prohibition of the manufacture, export and import of mercury added biocides, after 31.12.2020, is covered by the Mercury Regulation (EU) 2017/852 which complements a large body of existing EU environmental law on mercury." - Zero Mercury: Paints and Varnishes
Use Eco-Friendly Alternatives
Use Eco-Friendly Alternatives
Organizations
Organizations
International
International
Zero Mercury "is an international coalition of more than 110 public interest environmental and health non-governmental organizations from over 55 countries from around the world formed in 2005 by the European Environmental Bureau and the Mercury Policy Project. ZMWG strives for zero supply, demand, and emissions of mercury from all anthropogenic sources, with the goal of reducing mercury in the global environment to a minimum. Our mission is to advocate and support the adoption and implementation of a legally binding instrument which contains mandatory obligations to eliminate where feasible, and otherwise minimize, the global supply and trade of mercury, the global demand for mercury, anthropogenic releases of mercury to the environment, and human and wildlife exposure to mercury.
The Zero Mercury Working Group was born out of the Zero Mercury Campaign project having as its ultimate objective ‘Zero’ emissions, demand and supply of mercury, from all sources we can control, in view of reducing to a minimum, mercury in the environment at EU level and globally. The project started in November 2004, by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) in collaboration with the Mercury Policy Project . Details on the project can be found here."
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