Lead-free dishes
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Lead-Free Hose
Comments (6)OH... It's for the Garden ? Then just buy any hose, there is wayyyyyyyyyyyy more lead already in your soil, lead doesn't leach into vegetables,and you are not going to get any noticeable or verifiable amounts of lead out of any garden hose....See MoreLead free candle
Comments (4)Candles have lead?? I know that sometimes there is a lead core in the wick of a votive.....but as far as I know most candles have a braided cotton wick.....and no lead in the wax.... Linda C...See MoreLead in dishes..
Comments (14)After seeing this thread and a friend asking me about our dishes, I emailed Williams-Sonoma. We have the everyday restaurant white basic dishes (24 place settings) that are made in China. Here is their response to me, which is reassuring. Hello, Thank you for contacting Williams-Sonoma. As you may be aware, there are strict Federal and State regulations that limit the amount of lead that is allowed in food ware sold in this country. All our products meet these guidelines. . Williams-Sonoma will not sell any product that does not adhere strictly to the lead standards established by the State or Federal Government. All glazed ceramic ware products intended for sale are tested. If any are found to leach lead above State or Federal standards, they are rejected, destroyed or sent back to the manufacturer. We also employ a worldwide testing service to obtain independent lead analyses at the source prior to shipping. In addition, our Quality Assurance group randomly selects incoming products for back-up testing. If we may be of any further assistance, please contact us via email. Alternately, you may contact our Customer Service Department directly at 1(800) 541-1262 from 7:00am to 11:00pm (CST), seven days a week. Kind regards, Tina Setliff Williams-Sonoma Customer Service...See MoreLead-free bathroom shower hose (w/o Prop 65 warning)?
Comments (21)I support the intent of Proposition 65, but that doesn't mean that just because a compound is present in a product then all uses of the product are dangerous. For example, it's one thing to continually drink hot water from water pipes and/or fixtures that contain lead; it's another thing to shower in it. The intent of Proposition 65 is to alert people that certain products contain certain harmful components (which is good) so they can make individual decisions about exposure and risk...which most people aren't equipped to do. An inability to know how to interpret the warning can mean people are fearful of anything to do with a product when, in fact, proper use of it may pose absolutely zero risk. If vinyl asbestos tile were still being produced it would deservedly carry a Proposition 65 warning even though it is safe to have in your home -- as many millions of people do -- as long as you don't decide to do something stupid, like remove it with a floor sander. There's a proposition 65 warning on gasoline, and I try to avoid inhaling fumes when gassing up my car, but I haven't stopped going to the gas station (nor do I think it will give me cancer). What this thread illustrates is that we pretty much all agree certain materials are harmful, but we don't agree that just because they are present in some trivial quantity it constitutes a risk. A basic tenet of risk assessment is to look at paths of exposure: just because something is present doesn't mean you are being exposed to that material in a way that poses a meaningful risk. So, for me, the fact that something has a Proposition 65 warning may be useful info, but the next question is what does that really mean? And more specifically, it doesn't tell me that a shower hose with a Proposition 65 warning poses a risk if all I use it for is showering....See MoreCavimum
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