This is so true. It takes so long for effects to be clear and the product (like BPA) to make the news that you are better off using something tried and true. Wood is good (without the toxic chemicals for durability), glass and ceramic (if they don't have lead or cadmium colors). Don't use galvanized products for water. The coating is primarily zinc, but has lead as an incidental constituent. 0.35% lead is allowed. The European regulations require 0.1% or less, and "lead free" is 0.25% or less in the US. I'm sure in 20 years or so we will change our "lead free" definition be lower, so why not be ahead of everyone else?
I felt so bad about those tadpoles in my galvanized tub. When I started looking at household items with lead, my beloved watering can and brass plant mister also had to go.
Oh, I forgot to talk about my old claw foot tub with delightful little claw feet. And lead! I sent it to the dump with "lead contaminated" in permanent market across the bottom, so they couldn't re-sell it.
This is so true. It takes so long for effects to be clear and the product (like BPA) to make the news that you are better off using something tried and true. Wood is good (without the toxic chemicals for durability), glass and ceramic (if they don't have lead or cadmium colors). Don't use galvanized products for water. The coating is primarily zinc, but has lead as an incidental constituent. 0.35% lead is allowed. The European regulations require 0.1% or less, and "lead free" is 0.25% or less in the US. I'm sure in 20 years or so we will change our "lead free" definition be lower, so why not be ahead of everyone else?
I felt so bad about those tadpoles in my galvanized tub. When I started looking at household items with lead, my beloved watering can and brass plant mister also had to go.
Oh, I forgot to talk about my old claw foot tub with delightful little claw feet. And lead! I sent it to the dump with "lead contaminated" in permanent market across the bottom, so they couldn't re-sell it.