9.5 million toys in the United States, and 11 million in foreign countries have been recalled.
2007-08-15 00:06:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Lead is used to make paint last longer. The amount of lead in paint was reduced in 1950 and further reduced again in 1978. Houses built before 1950 are very likely to contain lead paint while houses built after 1950 will have less lead in the paint. House paint sold today has very low levels of lead. Lead-based paint is the most common source of lead poisoning in children.
2007-08-15 00:11:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
almost all paint at one time was lead based.it's outlawed in most of the world now but is still used and made because of the cost of upgrading the facility that produces it.same as pencils when i was in school all pencils were made of lead they changed to graphite about the same time that oil based paints were replacing lead based paint.
2007-08-15 07:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by cosmo_02 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋