One of the most common questions we get at Natural Earth Paint concerns heavy  metals in our pigments, face paints and children's paint. Rest assured, we test all our products for heavy metals.

While many earth and mineral pigments will have naturally occurring metals, we take pains to ensure that the products we stock are safe.

We have made it standard practice to third-party test all of our products (pigments, natural earth paint, face paint, impasto medium, etc.) using EN71-3 regulation limits as our parameters. This is because it is the strictest regulation standards regarding the migration of heavy metals.

The EN71-3 standard was created to ensure that toys and products sold to children in Europe were not contaminated with levels of heavy metals and other harmful elements that could make them sick.

Therefore, testing our products using the EN71-3 certification standards is a simple way for us to conclude that our products are among the safest possible with regards to migration of heavy metals.