Alan J. Konigsberg, a senior partner in the firm, directs the firm's Lead Poisoning Litigation. Exposure to lead-based paint is the major cause of lead poisoning for children in the United States. Since there is no safe level of lead in the body, even small amounts of exposure can lead to disastrous results.
Lead poisoning is most common and most damaging in very young children.
The problem of lead-based paint causing lead poisoned children is particularly serious in our cities and urban areas where the apartments and housing stock are the oldest. Any lead-based paint in an apartment can become a hazard if it begins to peel, chip or otherwise generate dust. Currently, in New York City there are thousands of children that are and have been lead poisoned. Recent studies and all the available evidence indicate that minority children in urban areas are at the highest risk to become lead poisoned as a result of lead-based paint in their apartments. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning because they retain larger amounts of lead than that which may be ingested by adults.