Small children often like to chew on objects with lead paint.
Some experts have said removing the lead paint will cost at least $200 billion.
It is also a good idea to test your house for lead paint.
Old lead paint, they say, is still the major threat to most children.
Choose a contractor who has experience working with lead paint.
It is also thought that he may have been poisoned by lead paint.
The plans also call for eliminating lead paint in all the nation's homes over the next decade.
There have also been issues of toy safety regarding lead paint.
Should you be concerned about lead paint in your home?
The child had eaten some lead paint and was very sick.
Much of the city's housing stock is old, and lead paint is an ongoing public health issue.
Renovations, which would include removal of asbestos and lead paint, could cost around $10 million.
Managed-care companies - like makers of cigarettes, lead paint and guns - are under growing legal attack.
Officials did not concern themselves much with possible anthrax contamination, but concentrated rather on asbestos and lead paint.
Suppose an apartment with a child in it has lead paint peeling from the walls.
But those levels were below national averages usually applied to communities where contamination can be traced to lead paint in older homes.
This could cause exposure to lead paint or other toxic substances.
Many houses that were damaged or destroyed used asbestos and lead paint, adding to contamination problems, he said.
"Should lead paint in a house scare the living daylights out of everyone?"
Even the legal ones didn't know their rights, didn't understand that broken plumbing and lead paint were not things they had to endure.
