What can Member States do to eliminatelead in paint?
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可用较安全的颜料和干燥剂代替铅化合物。
There are safer alternatives to lead compounds for use as pigments and driers in paint.
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这些替代品已存在多年，研究结果显示使用这些替代品不会使涂料成本大幅升高 (16) 。
These have been available for several years and studies have shown that using these alternatives does not significantly increase the cost of paint (20) .
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但普遍仍然缺乏对铅问题的认识，另外，许多国家缺乏关于含铅涂料的强制性标准。
However, there is still a general lack of awareness on the issue of lead and an absence of mandatory standards for lead in paints in many countries.
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在仍使用含铅涂料的国家，政府应该出台具有法律约束力的管制措施，禁止或限制含铅涂料的使用。
In countries where lead paint is still available, governments should introduce legally binding controls to either ban or restrict the use of lead paint.
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管制措施包括，禁止在涂料中使用任何铅化合物，或规定最低可行水平的涂料含铅最大限值。
Examples of control measures include prohibiting the use of any lead compounds in paint or setting a maximum permissible limit for the lead content of paint at the lowest feasible level.
Additional information on establishing legally binding control measures, including a Model law and guidance for regulating lead paint (available in Arabic, Chinese, English , French, Russian and Spanish), can be found on the UNEP website.
Other measures include requiring the use of paint with no added lead in public buildings such as schools and hospitals and informing the public about the hazards of lead to encourage the purchase of paint without added lead.
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这样的市场压力可以促使涂料生产商自愿采取行动停止在其产品中添加铅化合物。
This market pressure can encourage paint manufacturers to take voluntary action to stop adding lead compounds to their products.
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逐步淘汰含铅汽油显示，这样的政策措施可以大获成功。
The phase-out of leaded gasoline has shown how successful such policy measures can be.