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Lead, or pewter [0]? Which was and still does sometimes contain lead which acidic drinks like wine can leach the Pb into solution. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/
by ugl 4y ago
Lead, or pewter [0]? Which was and still does sometimes contain lead which acidic drinks like wine can leach the Pb into solution.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter
- airstrike 4y agoDon’t (virtually) all crystal “glasses” also contain lead?
- hgomersall 4y agoYeah, and most leach into the wine. It's less of an issue with wine glasses since the wine is not in them very long, but decanters are a cause for concern. Tbh, I refuse to use crystal glass at all. Cheaper stuff is simply safer.
- amelius 4y agoStupid question, but what if someone offers you a drink in it?
- verve_rat 4y agoTomatoes took a while to get popular in Europe because rich people where eating them off of pewter plates and the acid in the tomatoes leached the lead out and made them sick. It was the poor people without pewter plates that made tomatoes in Europe popular.