Lead poisoning in old homes

We found out today that the child of one of our friends tested positive for high levels of lead exposure. Since we currently live in a 100+ year old home in Denver with a 1 year old, this is very scary to us. We live very close to a Whole Foods Grocery which has made it convenient and therefore easier to make healthy eating choices. We also buy our ice and use Brita filters on the kitchen water faucet.

I have no doubt that our house has lead paint. Both while my wife was pregnant and afterward, during any house projects I made sure they were gone for several days. Even with all those precautions, I know that there has been some exposure. Our tests came back negative, but it still scares you to know that you may not be safe in your own home.

We've done a number of other things since we found out we were having a baby; including turning off the wireless internet and trying to limit cell phone usage. When we build our new house, we will definitely be using low or no VOC interior paint. It seems like there are a lot of paint products on the market today that are zero VOC. Mythic and Freshaire Choice are two that I have seen advertised on various websites.

All this may make us sound kooky, but I'd rather play it safe. I guess it is obvious from this post another part of our motivation for leaving the urban lifestyle behind - the hope for our children to grow up in a happy healthy home.