Encourage lead battery manufacturing facilities in India to adopt voluntary environmental standards in order to address the environmental and occupational health impacts of these plants.
Lead poisoning is epidemic throughout India and the developing world. Lead battery production, is now becoming the most significant source of lead exposures throughout the world. An estimated 120 million children and adults who are over exposed to lead will benefit from emission reductions. This project will pilot test an environmental audit program in India in order to certify companies operating within acceptable performance parameters.
An Advisory Board will approve the initial audit parameters and provide oversight. To gain recognition for the audit program and participating companies, we will publicize their efforts.
We are pilot testing the audit protocol to finalize certification standards. Companies that meet these standards will be eligible to place a eco-label on their products.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
