WHAT IS IT?

  • A heavy metal used as a pigment in paints, coatings and anti-corrosion paints, as well as in drainage pipes for wastewater and in the form of sheets on roofing.
     
  • Its properties:
    • corrosion inhibitor
    • improves the drying and resistance properties of paints
       
  • Lead has been prohibited in Switzerland since 2005.
     
  • Lead is present in nearly half of the buildings in Geneva in paintings dating from before 2005.