Lead paint...

I know this is probably a stretch, but I was just thinking about lead paint and how the exterior of most buildings were painted with lead paint. Most older vehicles were painted with lead paint, as well.

Lead paint is banned now, for the most part, in the US and other places around the world because of lead can be hazardous to our health.

What if lead paint isn't hazardous to our health?

Whenever I've gotten an x-ray, whether at the doctor's office or the dental office, they will throw a heavy lead apron over certain parts of your body for protection from the x-rays.

X-rays are also used by various law enforcement agencies to scan vehicles remotely for drugs, weapons and various other things that pose a security threat. Airport security uses x-rays to scan luggage for security threats.

What if lead paint on the exterior of buildings, houses and cars made it harder for TPTB to peek into our private home lives, and that is really why the stuff is banned in the US and abroad?

I'm sure the amount of lead that was in the paint back in the day wouldn't be enough to effectively disrupt any attempt by someone to see into your house using x-radiation... but I still would like to hear what others thought about this.