AJsMom
03-16-2004, 12:00 AM
Mostly I am posting this as an FYI...
I live in an old house which has had some renovation done lately. I had my lead inspector come back to do some dust samples and check some of my MIL's older plates (that I thought looked like lead- the crackled appearance). Well, he checked the plates and most were positive, so I thought I would check my new everyday plates (and other dishes) for the heck of it, and they were positive too! I cannot tell you how upset I am! Luckily DS generally does not eat off these plates yet, but I use them everyday and have heated his food on them often. So, we are basically eating off plastic plates right now and are going to try to return the sets (both sets we registered for were positive). Now I need to find a set that is lead-free, which is difficult.
From the little reading I have done so far, CA is tough on lead in dinnerware, so allows very low lead levels at the most, but there are "acceptable" not-so-low lead levels for all other states. Anything imported becomes an issue. My plates were from Portugal and Italy, MIL's from England.
Just thought everyone should be aware that though we may try to make everything as safe as possible, we can still find hazards under noses! I am a nut about lead paint (I know I am not alone on that one), so the dishes thing really got me!
FYI, our sets that were positive were from Crate & Barrel (Gallery and Pearl are the names). I do not know anything about lead in dishes, how much leaches out and under what circumstances, so any info is appreciated. My usual policy is ZERO tolerance for lead, which is why I'm ISO new dishes.
HTH someone!
Kristen
I live in an old house which has had some renovation done lately. I had my lead inspector come back to do some dust samples and check some of my MIL's older plates (that I thought looked like lead- the crackled appearance). Well, he checked the plates and most were positive, so I thought I would check my new everyday plates (and other dishes) for the heck of it, and they were positive too! I cannot tell you how upset I am! Luckily DS generally does not eat off these plates yet, but I use them everyday and have heated his food on them often. So, we are basically eating off plastic plates right now and are going to try to return the sets (both sets we registered for were positive). Now I need to find a set that is lead-free, which is difficult.
From the little reading I have done so far, CA is tough on lead in dinnerware, so allows very low lead levels at the most, but there are "acceptable" not-so-low lead levels for all other states. Anything imported becomes an issue. My plates were from Portugal and Italy, MIL's from England.
Just thought everyone should be aware that though we may try to make everything as safe as possible, we can still find hazards under noses! I am a nut about lead paint (I know I am not alone on that one), so the dishes thing really got me!
FYI, our sets that were positive were from Crate & Barrel (Gallery and Pearl are the names). I do not know anything about lead in dishes, how much leaches out and under what circumstances, so any info is appreciated. My usual policy is ZERO tolerance for lead, which is why I'm ISO new dishes.
HTH someone!
Kristen