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[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Do test cast iron pans for lead please. Even cheap ones from Target (especially cheap ones)

[-] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago
[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I looked up "lead testing" and my state, and was directed to their health department's recommendations for both lead in homes and for child care center testing. They have links to several labs with kits that get mailed to you, typically you swab or take a sample, then mail it back to the lab. There are also in home test kits for lead on sites like Amazon that process immediately (have a color change when lead is present iirc), idk how accurate those are but could be at least a good starting point for some items.

It's like gold, you bite it and see if it's soft.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

The FDA bans lead in cookware: https://blogs.edf.org/health/2023/08/15/fda-says-cookware-that-exhibits-any-level-of-leachable-lead-upon-testing-is-prohibited/

Although I'm a little surprised it took until 2023 to make this happen. In any case, stuff bought at retail should be fine. I'd be very surprised if Lodge cookware--what Target usually sells--ever had lead in it.

Amazon stuff, though? That place is a leaky sieve of Chinese goods that wouldn't normally be allowed.

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There was lead in literal food on shelves. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/recalled-lead-tainted-applesauce-pouches-stayed-on-dollar-tree-shelves-for-weeks-fda-says

Really think about supply chains and products and the benefits that China or hostile nations may have to send poison to the US (instead of bombs). People assume these products will be safe but we have modern day examples where they clearly aren't, no matter what the laws say. The law doesn't matter if it isn't enforced. Items can be swapped or mislabeled. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/temu-toxicology-test-concern-as-lead-is-found-in-an-item-sold-on-the-site/XL5OYZ6JWJEQFAHEVK6GZUMIGY/

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Lodge won't, but all the random no-name brands might. That and the "chef ____" type cookware is rarely quality controlled, it's generally just made to make money off a famous person's name off food network

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