Environmental standards for lead battery plants

Summary

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.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

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. Hundreds of thousands of 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.

How will this project solve this problem?

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.

Potential Long Term Impact

To minimize environmental impacts from these facilities by conducting audits to certify lead battery plants.

Project Message

I dreamed of providing a solution for the lead poisoning problem and I am confident that through this project I will realize my dream of establishing systems for eliminating the problem.
- Dr. K. Vijaya Lakshimi, Ph.D, Manager, Environment Systems Branch

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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