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Right. It doesn't pass the sniff-test that a whole 1/3 of world's children would be getting poisoned through ingesting paint chips. I'm as curious as the GP ab
by foobarian 5y ago
Right. It doesn't pass the sniff-test that a whole 1/3 of world's children would be getting poisoned through ingesting paint chips. I'm as curious as the GP about what the actual vector is, but it seems that per the article there really is not enough data to say definitively.
- woodruffw 5y agoMy understanding (from growing up in an old apartment with lead and asbestos everywhere) is that, even your children aren't picking lead chips off of the wall, they're being exposed to pulverized paint dust when they e.g. play on the floor. It's apparently especially common when children's rooms have openable windows, since windowsills shed their paint easily.