Oh it definitely happens. I'm a young millennial and I have a friend my age who deals with mental issues because he ate lead paint leftover in their old house as a child. Lead was so prevalent at one point that getting rid of it all isn't as simple as flipping a switch.

Edit: [wasn't -> isn't] There does not in fact exist a switch that we can now flip to remove lead. Thanks @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there now a switch to flip for this?

[–] Gray@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Lmao, unfortunately not. Thanks for catching the typo.

isn't**

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 years ago

Lead paint was still on the stuff we grew up in. Lead in the plumbing used in our schools, too.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

While it wasn't commonplace in gas in the early 80s, it was still prevalent on a lot of long lasting products, and of course, paint.

[–] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I was in my early teens in the 90s when leaded gas was finally banned in the US. Furthermore, lead doesn't degrade, only slowly disperse. People born in the early 80s still got a hefty dose of lead. Yay us.

[–] gsf@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eat a paint chip from any house built before 1978

[–] WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

This sounds like a TikTok challenge.