INS-028 · Hazards & harm

Lead recalls peaked in 2007

Lead recalls peaked in 2007 with 111 (24.6% of that year's recalls). In 2026: 5.

Question it answers: Which year had the most lead-related recalls?
What it means: The year with the most notices that refer to lead in products.
What it does not mean: Not only lead paint: jewelry and other products with lead are included. Not a count of children poisoned.
How sure: Medium. A keyword rule on text.

How it was worked out

Recalls looked at: Recalls by year
Measure: Recalls matching the lead rule
Fields read: Title, Hazards[].Name
Rule: Hazard rule 'Lead' (lead paint, lead poisoning, lead content, high levels of lead and similar). Count by year.

year	matching	of	percent
2003	4	215	1.9
2004	6	278	2.2
2005	14	323	4.3
2006	20	319	6.3
2007	111	452	24.6
2008	71	392	18.1
2009	29	383	7.6
2010	23	362	6.4
2011	8	313	2.6
2012	5	310	1.6
2013	2	290	0.7
2014	5	296	1.7
2015	5	305	1.6
2016	6	330	1.8
2017	4	280	1.4
2018	7	258	2.7
2019	1	241	0.4
2020	10	257	3.9
2021	3	219	1.4
2022	20	292	6.8
2023	14	324	4.3
2024	6	305	2.0
2025	9	420	2.1
2026	5	521	1.0

'Lead' is also a common verb, so the rule only matches lead-as-a-metal phrases such as lead paint, lead content and high levels of lead.
Counts recalls of paint, jewelry and other products that contain lead.

111 recall notices are counted. The most recent: