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practical_junket t1_ivkz7j8 wrote

Reply to comment by PresidentialBoneSpur in My Rival crock pot 3150. 50-ish years old and still cooking family dinners without a hitch by RooshunVodka

YIKES!! I have an old crock pot (mid-nineties) that I use all the time in the fall and winter.

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sprucepitch t1_ivn46ie wrote

Lead started being banned in the late 70's, I wouldn't worry about products from the 90's too much. You could try a lead test swab on it though, peace of mind.

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pieman314159 t1_ivl4il2 wrote

Hm, yeah, I too have one from the 90s... were they using lead with those models? Now I kinda need to know...

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Jfkc5117 t1_ivsapwv wrote

I have a bunch of vintage crock pots because I’m weird and I have lead tested them all and only found one with lead from the 1970s. I went through a phase where I bought a bunch of old new in box appliances because they just are better.

You can buy a lead test kit for 15-20 bucks off Amazon to make yourself feel better but unless you got an old model 3100/2 or something from the early 70s I don’t think you should worry.

I use my 1993 West Elm slow cooker 2-3 times a week. Shits amazing.

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MuddyHappiness t1_ivlevx1 wrote

All glazes do not contain lead. Many are formulated using other minerals and do not contain lead at all. There are older formulas that were used which do. Take it from a potter who makes their own glazes. Awww, they deleted their comment that all glazes contain some amount of lead.

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PresidentialBoneSpur t1_ivl9s7a wrote

There is no “safe” amount of lead in anything, but newer is almost always safer than the old stuff.

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siouxze t1_ivlg2rr wrote

And yet you've never fallen ill with lead poisoning. I wouldn't worry too much about about it unless somebody can provide an actual credible source showing where people have been harmed by the lead in these products. If these things were the death machines that this thread would have you believe, you would have heard about it outside of this thread.

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Atomicnes t1_ivlk96e wrote

There is no safe level of lead. You may not show signs of lead poisoning but you are certainly damaging your nervous system.

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siouxze t1_ivpge8b wrote

Show me scientific proof that these pots are leeching lead into peoples food.

I've seen hundreds of people sing the same song as you and no one can show me proof from a credible source that these specific devices are a risk. Everyone just parrots the same bullshit they've read in other threads. Flip through this thread again. Other commenters I called out tried to find credible sources to prove me wrong, and could only find articles to prove themselves wrong. Why dont you go see if you can do better than them.

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ZenoofElia t1_ivpj4um wrote

You have no critical thinking. You blaming everyone but yourself.
You deserve exactly what you're getting and have gotten.

You telling us all that we are wrong is kind of batshit. Wake the fuck up.

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Atomicnes t1_ivmg0b4 wrote

i think if you're getting shot you have more concern with the lead being supersonic rather than lead poisoning

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practical_junket t1_ivm4eab wrote

I always thought that lead was really only a problem in a developing brain. Like you don’t want little kids to be around lead paint or lead water pipes.

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