Lead Paint

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015509",
  "term": "Lead Paint",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The environmental burden indicator for lead paint is based on the percentage of housing units built before 1960, a proxy for how much lead paint people might be exposed to. EJScreen presents this potential exposure to lead paint using percentile rank, ranging from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest).\n\n2. For more details on the lead paint indicator, including why it is important and what you can do moving forward, please visit the EJScreen Indicator Overview from Lead Paint (https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen/ejscreen-indicator-overviews-lead-paint).",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year summary estimates.",
    "Glossary of EJSCREEN Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lead-paint/"
}