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Yes, great callout. Relevant to many of us, is that many ceramic coffee and tea mugs also leech lead, especially if they have the colored glaze. I'm using speci
by reducesuffering 5y ago
Yes, great callout. Relevant to many of us, is that many ceramic coffee and tea mugs also leech lead, especially if they have the colored glaze. I'm using specifically lead-free glass now.
- fighterpilot 5y ago"lead-free glass" I assume glass is just lead-free by default and I don't need to go out looking for a special lead-free version of glassware, right?
- edwcross 5y agoCrystal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass) does contain lead, but apparently "crystal glass" does not. So, by default, "glass" is indeed lead-free, unless you're talking about some fancy older glassware.
- giantg2 5y agoSome older ceramics have lead too (mugs, crocks). I think some coming from China in more recent years have tested positive (plus toys and more).
- effingwewt 5y agoAlso, cheap glaze rubs off with the softest of scrubbing. I remember begging my grandmother to stop using her cheap boil-in coffee pot. Cheap glaze wore down, then the paint, then the metal of the pot. Aluminum just leeching into all the coffee. Didn't matter, she loved the flavor. The replacements I got her were used once because she loved me, then relegated to the cupboard. She had really bad alzheimer's by the end. I'll never know if any of the cheap dishes and pits/pans('teflon' coatings etc), but it's always made me super paranoid about this stuff, I bought some testing kits tonight after reading all this.