[ConservativeInPA]

Lead paint was banned in 1978. The lead paint problem, if there was a real problem, was known long before then. Despite the lead paint problem, parents have stopped their teething rugrats not to chew on windows, walls and furniture since there have been.windows, walls and furniture. I guess blacks can't afford to paint their homes or don't have parents that know any better.

Maybe my parents screwed up. After all, I post on Free Republic.

[Squawk 8888]

The problem wasn’t kids chewing on walls, it was kids peeling the paint off and ingesting the flakes. This issue was more prevalent in poor neighbourhoods due to the fact that the properties tended to be less well-maintained, and there was probably less awareness of the issue among ghetto parents (especially after the Great Society destroyed black families).