"PPG Industries has been selling house paint high in lead content in the African nation of Cameroon for years, and although it says it stopped production of that paint late last year, it has rejected a request that it recall or accurately label its lead paints now selling in stores there."
"Occupational Knowledge International, a San Francisco-based environmental health advocacy organization, said its inquiries pushed PPG to direct its Cameroon subsidiary, Seigneurie, to stop making the lead-based paint, which would be banned in the U.S.
In a statement issued in response to questions by the Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh-headquartered company maintains that it 'initiated its own action to review its consumer coatings to ensure the lead content conforms to applicable legal requirements.'"
Don Hopey reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette February 6, 2012.
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