Lead based paint is a serious danger, especially in older homes and buildings. It takes a very small incidence of lead in your blood to cause lead poisoning and adverse medical effects. Lead based paint can easily be protected against, yet it still exists in many places. This, unfortunately, can lead to terrible and unnecessary dangers.
The easiest way to counteract lead based paint is to paint over it. This seals the paint and keeps it from being dangerous. Because newer paints are less likely to chip and deteriorate into dust, they keep the lead from the previous coat of paint at bay.
If lead based paint is not protected against, it can chip and deteriorate into dust. This is how the paint becomes dangerous. Lead based paint has a sweet taste to it that makes some younger children more likely to eat the paint chips. This puts a great deal of lead into their bloodstream and can cause both physical and mental growth defects.
If lead based paint is allowed to deteriorate into dust, it can easily become airborne. This makes it very easy for you and your family to inhale the lead. Once there is lead in your bloodstream, even in small amounts, different levels of lead poisoning will begin to show.
Lead based paint is very dangerous, but easily counteracted if you know that it is there. Nobody should ever have to deal with lead poisoning from paint.
Call a Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyer
If you or someone you know has suffered from lead poisoning, whether from paint or another source, contact the Minneapolis personal injury lawyers of Terry, Slane & Ruohonen at 612-362-0000.
