Editorial Note: Phenylmercuric acetate is routinely added by some
paint manufacturers to interior latex (water-based) paint as a
fungicide and bactericide to prolong the paint's shelf-life. EPA
permits interior latex paint to contain less than or equal to 300
ppm elemental mercury and exterior latex paint to contain less
than or equal to 2000 ppm. However, neither the presence nor the
concentration of mercury in the paint is required to be labeled
on the paint can. Mercury may not lawfully be used in oil-based
paint (1,2).
Cut and pasted from the below article.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001566.htm?mobile=nocontent
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