Scientists agree that ingesting lead harms young children  More lead paint remains in older apartment buildings than newer ones because the use of lead paint was common until only two decades ago
Yet these same scientists also agree that laws requiring the removal of lead paint from older apartment buildings will actually increase the amount of lead that children living in older apartment buildings ingest
Removing lead paint from walls disperses a great deal of lead dust, which is more easily ingested by children than is paint on walls.