About 27,000 Indonesians died of lead poisoning in 2019. Where mandatory lead-free standards are absent, as is the case in Indonesia, lead paint is among the most common sources of poisoning. Tests for lead in interior paint conducted in a nationally representative sample of households in December 2023 found that at least 44.8 percent of Indonesians live in homes with lead paint, rising to at least 57.9 percent among those living in homes with any...
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2024/10/28
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10962
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2024/10/28
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A Toxic Threat to Indonesia’s Human Capital : Prevalence and Impact of Lead Paint in Indonesian Homes
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William Hutchins Seitz; Imam Setiawan.
A Toxic Threat to Indonesia’s Human Capital : Prevalence and Impact of Lead Paint in Indonesian Homes (English). Policy Research working paper;PROSPERITY Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099354310282440799