The majority of lead contaminated sites in the Blacksmith Institute’s database are found in Africa, South America, South and Southeast Asia, but the problem of lead pollution plagues most developing countries worldwide. Its uses are varied; in Latin America it has often been utilized for ceramic glazing and in other countries leaded gasoline is still used. In the . lead paint is the cause of a majority of lead exposures and such exposures can be expected in most countries since paint pigments using lead were commonly used worldwide up until a few decades ago. Global production of lead was expected.
