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Lead is a malleable, utilitarian (useful), heavy metal (Atomic Number 82) that does not dissolve in water, does not dissipate, does not decay, and does not burn. Lead just lasts, and lasts, and lasts -- literally forever. In sufficient quantity, when inhaled or ingested into the human body lead can be very harmful --- particularly in children under the age of 6.
According to historical records, lead has been mined and used in a prolific manner by major cultures and civilizations going back as far as 4,000 B.C. --- over 6,000 years ago. Industrially it has, and continues to be in many countries, a very useful earth metal --- despite its demonstrated harmful effects on the human body.
Lead is virtually everywhere in industrialized societies on earth --- and especially in places such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., etc. It is in the air we breathe, the water we drink and use, the food and drink compounds we ingest, soil, plants, cookware, cosmetics, foreign-made toys and furniture, buildings, etc., and yes --- in many pre-1978 built apartments and houses.
The use of so-called "white lead" began in "America" in Colonial Times and ultimately peaked in 1922. When lead-based paint was marketed and sold (before it was banned by the Federal Government for consumer uses in 1978), it was a legal product in great demand because it was washable and durable, among other qualities. Lead paint was repeatedly endorsed by the federal , state and local governments, and specified for use on government buildings until the mid-1970s. Its use peaked in 1922, and by 1940 the use of white lead pigments for interiors of houses and some other buildings was on the wane.
In 1951, recognizing how bad the lead paint problem was in Baltimore, the City banned the use of lead pigment in Baltimore housing. This was the very first such restriction in the United States.
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