2007-08-28 23:07:03 · 8 answers · asked by baby jude 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Ya know with the scare about lead. paint ........ you would have to ingest....... yes eat......... 100 coffee cups to get even a trace amount of lead to hurt you ....... its the same with all the toys they are recalling............ No child is going to eat 100 plastic Elmos..... if you are worried........... throw it out
2007-08-28 23:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably won't know, but If you are really worried, hardware stores sell a lead testing kit for testing items liek that. They were made popular after those toy cars came in taht had lead paint on them. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it, they are more things that contain lead that you can't do anything about.
If you own anything that uses electricity, it has lead solder in it. If you have indoor plumbing odds are you have copper pipe with lead solder. If your house is old enough you may have lead pipe with lead solder. If you have a smoke detector, it has radioactive Americium-241 in it. If you have solvents or cleaning products most are toxic chemicals.
2007-08-30 04:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by Matt M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I beg to differ..... back in the '50's, a pottery called Homer Laughlin China CO. was producing a pottery called FIESTA... to get the bright, new colors that the pottery came in, they used lead in the paint/glaze that went on it..... around that same time, folks suddenly realized it wasn't good for either the workers or the folks who bought and used the pottery.... so the practice was stopped.....
don't mean to upset you, but I'd not use it ..we just don['t know for sure........ read here, too...
http://www.google.com/search?q=lead+in+pottery+glaze&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
2007-08-29 07:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Throw away the cup & get a stainless steel one (no lead in there)!!
Or you can play the violin while Rome burns ~;-)
2007-08-29 08:17:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you don't know but surely they are painted then glazed - I wouldn't worry if you like using them ... alternatively sell them and go to your local store and get some more that weren't made in Asia!
2007-08-29 06:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares...........not enough lead to worry about unless you eat the cup.
2007-08-29 06:12:57 · answer #6 · answered by veg_rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you alive ? if yes dont bother worrying, the lead issue is just a media hype
2007-08-29 06:15:18 · answer #7 · answered by Zee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably is. considering it was made by
Asians. Joking, they rock.
2007-08-29 06:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋