Mildred Irizarry shows "alligatoring" — cracking paint — on the exterior of her Paterson, NJ, home. The cracking can be a sign of lead-based paint.Mildred Irizarry’s neighborhood is awash in the color red.
At least it looks that way on the latest version of New Jersey’s Potential Lead Exposure Mapping tool — which uses historical data to identify homes possibly exposed to hazardous lead-based paint. Different shades of red and orange on the map denote clusters of older parts of the state, where paint heavy in lead has likely been used.
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