Artist: Grandma Lead

Lead-safety Message: In this Financial Year (FY2026) I celebrated my 70^th birthday and saw my blood lead level finally fall below 1 microgram per decilitre for the first time in 35 years of testing.

Description of Work: Iphone 13 photo collage made in Powerpoint and Paint.

Artist: Eric Ritter, Fluoro-Spec Inc. USA

Lead-Safety Message: Test with a kit, not your kid — every American home built before 1978 has lead somewhere inside it, and the same is true of every Australian home built before 1997 when the allowable new paint lead-paint limit got close to the US 1978 concentration.

Description of Work: Screenshot from www.detectlead.com homepage.

Artist: Phoenix Jewson

Age: 5, School in Australia

Lead-safety Message: “I painted this with lead free paint because lead is very bad for kids.”

Description of Work: Non-lead paint on paper. 

Artist: Martin

Age: 6, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: The road to our dreams is built on a sustainable future. Respect Nature.

Description of Work: Pen and coloring pencils on paper

Artist: Hailey

Age: 6, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: A Sunflower reminds me of clearer Air but the seeds also store lead that the roots have absorbed from lead-contaminated Soil.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper

Artist: Alexa

Age: 4, Pre-School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: My family fights for lead-safety in the Philippines

Description of Work: Crayon drawing on paper

Artist: Paulo & Ella Mae Castro

Age: 7 & 5, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: Filipino and overseas researchers and NGOs are building the case for a Lead Safe Philippines, for cleaner air, safer spaces, and healthier lives.

Description of Work: Coloring pencils and pen drawing

Artist: Clyde Evans

Age: 13, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: Take action, choose safety, advocate for health. Together, let’s eliminate lead hazards from our daily lives.

Description of Work: Pencil, pen and coloring pencils on paper

Artist: Khai

Age: 8, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: Me and my brother want to know the importance of the growing evidence about how toxic lead is and how to prevent lead poisoning and become lead safe.

Description of Work: Coloring pencil on pen drawing

Artist: Liam Paune

Age: 12, School in the Philippines

Lead-safety Message: Extreme Weather, Extreme Risks. They all make lead poisoning more likely and worse for the individual. Ask your government to act now for a safer tomorrow.

Description of Work: Crayons