1gm of lead can give lead poisoning to • Two thousand adults of 70 kg of weight, or • Ten thousand children of 30 kg. of weight, or • Twenty Thousand children of 15 kg of weight A person is said to ailing from lead poisoning when level of lead in the blood is more than 100 micrograms per litre for adults and 50 micrograms per litre for children.
More than 7000 tons of lead pollutes Indian environment every year from the weights fallen from our cars. OHSAN has taken an initiative to create awareness on the hazardous usage of Lead weight and launched a environment friendly alternative as lead free wheel weights. It takes only a week for lead on roads to fully erode and enter into our food chain. Currently, there are no regulatory controls governing the use of lead wheel weights or promoting lead free weights to avoid contamination.