My Rival crock pot 3150. 50-ish years old and still cooking family dinners without a hitchZenoofElia t1_ivkxisu wrote
Reply to comment by Sylphael in My Rival crock pot 3150. 50-ish years old and still cooking family dinners without a hitch by RooshunVodka
Yes. OP should buy a test kit to make sure it's safe.
siouxze t1_ivl8q62 wrote
I have the same exact crockpot. It was my moms, now it's mine. I've neen eating meals from it my entire life and Never once in 35+ years of use have I (or anyone else in my family) ever popped positive for lead in a blood test. I've never heard of anyone being lead posioned by vintage kitchenwares. I've seen plenty of overreacting and pearl clutching over the alleged lead content. Given that these products were in a substantial number of american homes one would think that a big bold direct line back to these products would have been drawn LONG ago if there was actually any real threat to anyone.
Edit for the idiots who just parrot what they've read in other reddit threads: But consumers need not fret in the dark. The FDA maintains a list of products it has tested that have revealed lead contamination. The good news: Not a single crockpot is listed.
ZenoofElia t1_ivl9jw2 wrote
Okay then. However it's a fact that there's lead in many of these AND buying a test is super cheap comparative to recklessly poisoning ones family.
You do you Siouxze.
edit: just looked through your post history and saw this, which absolutely could be related to lead poisoning:
>Having my thyroid removed, which had been overtaken by a massive cancerous tumor, was an elective surgery. Diagnosed 1/17, scheduled for removal almost a month later. It was a SUPER FUN month.
Please know that I post this not to be a dick or snarky. Life is crazy and things add up and I am so sorry you've gone through this, whether related or not.
Be well.
GreyGoosey t1_ivmsdbh wrote
Most crockpots are like what $20-30? Small price to remove lead from your cookware…
siouxze t1_ivpcjai wrote
>recklessly poisoning ones family.
Lol. Ok. If these things have been recklessly poisoning families for 50 years, why isnt everyone walking around with cancer? Maybe it's because my cancer had nothing to do with a crockpot and everything to do with the american healthcare systems failings and bad genetics. If these things were as deadly as people claim they'd be banned from thriftstores, ebay, etc like the corningware electric kettles.
Wait until you find out about nonstick coatings. You will shit a brick.
ZenoofElia t1_ivpdfs0 wrote
Yep. I don't touch teflon, also cancerous.
You're the one in denial who is actively poisoning your body. Go ahead. Keep it up.
edit:
>If these things have been recklessly poisoning families for 50 years, why isnt everyone walking around with cancer? Maybe it's because my cancer had nothing to do with a crockpot and everything to do with the american healthcare systems failings and bad genetics.
LOL. Look at all the cases of cancers in the last 50 years. It has everything to do with families poisoning their systems whether with lead, teflon, mercury, etc. It's a combination of poor choices and denialism.
siouxze t1_ivphtb6 wrote
Fun fact: most older american homes have lead water intake pipes. Youre trying to make this about crock pots when it's not. Flint Michigan is not an isolated case. An unnerving amount of america has way more lead exposure than they realize. Just not from these old crock pots.
ZenoofElia t1_ivpinpe wrote
I'm not blaming it solely on crock pots. Like I stated in my very first response to your crazy ass replies, it all adds up. It's a combination of poor choices; lead in water pipes, paint, crockpots; teflon cookware, living near petrolium plant; it all adds up Soixzie.
Grow up. Wake up. Take some responsibility and open your eyes.
siouxze t1_ivtdxgt wrote
How about you wake up and actually educate yourself. But consumers need not fret in the dark. The FDA maintains a list of products it has tested that have revealed lead contamination. The good news: Not a single crockpot is listed.
roninwarshadow t1_ivnqmvi wrote
Post proof that Crock Pots are a leading cause of lead poisoning.
ZenoofElia t1_ivnyjy7 wrote
I never claimed that they’re the “leading” cause, I responded to Souizxe who made claims that there’s no relation or history of cause yet she ended up with thyroid cancer. You prove there is not.
roninwarshadow t1_ivnzl3z wrote
You can't prove a negative (prove there isn't). It's like saying "Prove unicorns and vampires DON'T exists." See Russell's Flying Teapot.
And I made no claim, so I have nothing to prove.
You're saying there's a link between their thyroid cancer and their usage of a Crock Pot.
Prove the connection and back your claim.
This is the Burden of Proof. Claimant must prove their claim, if they want to be believed. The skeptic doesn't need to prove anything to remain skeptical.
ZenoofElia t1_ivnzun9 wrote
I only expressed the correlation. I don’t need to prove anything to you or her. Bugger off lil ronin
siouxze t1_ivpd3l9 wrote
Because you really have NOTHING but internet speculation for proof.
ZenoofElia t1_ivpdr6z wrote
Not speculation Souixze. It's a fact there's lead in those old crockpots.
It's a fact that lead poisoning is a factor in thyroid cancer.
Denial only gets you what you've got/had. Good luck.
siouxze t1_ivteaqg wrote
If there's one thing I'm sure as shit not blaming it on, it's crock pots.
roninwarshadow t1_ivo0973 wrote
So you got no proof to back your claim?
So all we have is wild speculation and nothing to back it.
Cool, here is my "correlation," every one who got thyroid cancer drinks water and breathes air.
Air and water cause cancer.
Is this how this works?
siouxze t1_ivpdad2 wrote
Omg, you're right. I do drink water and breathe air. That must be what caused my cancer! /s
Wait until all these idiots find out the water intake pipe on their house/apartment building is made of lead.
DatWeedCard t1_ivliaun wrote
So to clarify, you're using anecdotal experience to determine whether or not lead paint is dangerous?
Ngl the lack of critical thinking impies to me that the lead poisoning may have taken hold
> Given that these products were in a substantial number of american homes one would think that a big bold direct line back to these products would have been drawn LONG ago if there was actually any real threat to anyone.
My guy you literally made a post about how you had a cancerous tumor removed from your thyroid
ZenoofElia t1_ivmjolh wrote
Yeah it's heartbreaking honestly.
DamnYouRichardParker t1_ivnk30d wrote
Anecdotal evidence and fallacious reasonning.
What a champ he is.
siouxze t1_ivpf7ie wrote
No, I'm not using my anecdotal evidence. I'm going off of seeing tbese comments hundreds of times and literally no one being able to provide a credible source. In fact I challenged another commenter that was of the same mindset as you. They did their own research to prove they were right and all they could find was an NPR article exonerating crock pots and proving me right.
Why don't you take a crack at it and see if you cant prove me wrong. I'd love to see your proof.
Also, My thyroid cancer was from a genetic condition being left wildly untreated for 8+ years. But good try champ.
siouxze t1_ivtg58r wrote
DamnYouRichardParker t1_ivnjwg4 wrote
So you expect us to believe that you and your family have been tested for led in your system ?
And that since you and you're family haven't had an issue, that is supposed to mean no one in the history of the world could possibly have a problem with led poisoning related to kitchenware ?
Is that your argument?
This article from NPR explains how you're absolutly wrong.
Here educate yourself. You mite not look so foolish next you comment on something you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.
siouxze t1_ivtf319 wrote
You need to go back and read the whole article my friend.
DamnYouRichardParker t1_ivzs8zz wrote
I did.
But obviously you need to go back and read my comment cause you mention kitchenware. And the article confirms that there is lead poisoning in kitchenware.
Your entire arrogant rant calling people stupid is pretty rich bud...
Jesus fuck. The reading and critical thinking skills of people here are fucken low to non existant.
roninwarshadow t1_ivnuqt0 wrote
From the article...
> But consumers need not fret in the dark. The FDA maintains a list of products it has tested that have revealed lead contamination. The good news: Not a single crockpot is listed. Many ceramics makers have switched to lead-free glazes. For example, Crock-Pot (the brand name that inspired a host of similar ceramic slow cookers now generically known as crockpots), tells callers in an automated message that it uses no lead additive in its glazes.
DamnYouRichardParker t1_ivp3kei wrote
From your comment
>I've never heard of anyone being lead posioned by vintage kitchenwares.
I specifically replied to you because of this comment and the article does mention specific cases where people have actually been poisoned by vintage kitchenware so...
roninwarshadow t1_ivpkjtc wrote
Not my comment - check Usernames.
But it specifically states Crock Pots have not been known to give lead contamination.
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