抄録
The Food Sanitation Law of Japan provides that the amount of lead eluted from the paint film on baby toys must be less than 90 μg/g. However, the amount of lead eluted from paint films on products to which the Food Sanitation Law is inapplicable is not controlled even if the product is used by babies. We therefore investigated the amount of lead eluted from the paint films on household products which babies may use with reference to the Food Sanitation Law. In addition, we confirmed the validity of capillary electrophoresis for measurement of the lead concentration of test solutions. Of 105 products (107 paint films) such as stationery and hairpins, only one hairpin had a paint film that eluted a small amount of lead. The hairpin package carried a warning of the lead content. Nevertheless, household product which babies may use should ideally not contain lead.
