Why does the law focus on Chewable Surfaces, Impact Surfaces, Deteriorated Sub-surfaces and Friction Surfaces?

The law is not solely focused on these surfaces. Yet a focus of the legislation is on such areas of the home due to the fact that lead paint on impact surfaces generates lead dust through normal daily living activities. A door slamming; opening a window; a child looking out the window and putting his fingers in his or her mouth are normal everyday events in the life of any child. In a lead infested environment, normal living becomes a serious health risk. This silent and insidious poison is ingested into the bodies of young totally innocent and unsuspecting children. Oftentimes parents are equally unaware that their family is being exposed to lead. Sometimes the first awareness of a parent that an apartment is infested with lead is their child’s diagnosis. Sadly, it is too late.