Looking into history of anticorrosive pigments (ACO-pigments), the driving innovation factors always were performance and legislation in combination with costs. The toxic behavior of red lead or chromates opened already 30 years ago the door to non-toxic alternatives. The stepwise ongoing stricter handling of e.g. the Cr6+ ended up in an almost completely ban in Europe for the benefit of all consumers: Chrome-based pigments are SVHC's (Substances of very high concern) in the European Union.
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