The danger of lead in paint was first identified 96 years ago when J. Lockhart Gibson, an Australian physician, published the first report in a medical journal describing children poisoned by lead-based paint. Unfortunately, lead is extremely toxic, especially to children whose developing nervous systems are particularly susceptible to lead poisoning. In 1917, a physician at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore suggested that, if physicians looked harder for lead poisoning in children, they would find more of it. The article pinpointed the source of the problem as window sills, porch railings, and crib railings coated with lead paint. But recognizing a problem and acting upon it are two different things.
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