Infants put everything in their mouths. They may be poisoned before they understand.

Sounds like an excellent reason not to leave infants unsupervised, then.

Go raise an infant and report back with your luck on this method.

This is why the human race is pretty much doomed.

"Lead paint is poisonous. Your child shouldn't be allowed to consume it."

"No, actually, you're wrong. Have a downvote."

Eventually all civil discourse will look like this. We're already starting to see it in Presidential debates.

Sorry you were downvoted. I gave you an upvote before my initial response.

You may have been downvoted because your response may have seemed a little snarky to some. While your suggestions make sense they are not necessarily practicable or economically feasible in all cases. People are pretty sensitive when it comes to the health their children and wants what's best even when they cannot provide it.

No, if the human race is doomed, it's because ignorant people think it's okay to leave children exposed to known toxic substances.

No amount of "supervision" is going to keep a child from consuming lead paint. Children do not get lead poisoning because they walk up to lead-painted walls and start gnawing on them like they are corncobs.

Lead paint forms toxic dust. The dust gets on floors and into dirt. Children crawl around, and they WILL put their hands in their mouths even if they are "supervised" at all times.

What we are starting to see in presidential debates is an ignorant man talking like he knows everything.