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LEAD PAINT --- " THE INSIDIOUS CONTAMINANT "
In 1991, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) observed that " it is unlikely that there is a single predominant source of lead exposure " for young children. Nevertheless, experts for plaintiffs in lead paint poisoning litigation continue to claim that the most common causes of lead exposure are very small particles of lead-based paint peeling from walls, ceilings, and other surfaces and combining with household dust. [ See, U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, PREVENTING LEAD POISONING IN YOUNG CHILDREN ( OCT. 1991), Chapter 4 ]
This dust, CDC states, contaminates all surfaces, including a mobile child's hands, fingers, skin, scalp, clothes, and toys and, through normal hand-to-mouth activity is absorbed into the child's bloodstream. All other (and there are many) potential sources of exposure, such as exposure in utero, recent immigration from foreign countries still using leaded gasoline, or use of ceramics or cosmetics containing lead, or plumbing fixtures, etc., are often erroneously dismissed by plaintiffs' experts as significant exposure sources. They should not be.
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