How are children exposed to Lead Based Paint?
When lead based paint deteriorates into chipping, peeling and flaking surfaces it creates a hazard for exposure to lead. Intact lead based paint poses no health threat, but when friction surfaces like doors and windows that contain lead based paint rub against themselves, dangerous lead dust is formed. This dust is invisible to the naked eye and spreads throughout a house, mixing with environmental dust on many surfaces. Children are at great risk for lead dust exposure when they put their fingers or toys that have lead dust on them into their mouth.
