Comments on: The skinny on lead in crock pots – It may surprise you! http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/ I write, therefore I am Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 admin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:28:54 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1430 Nicolas, of course there is no way for one person to test every crock pot on the market--the best I could do was to test my own and a selection borrowed from friends in the community. Even if I had tested every available brand, I think it's very likely that the lead content could vary within the same make and model based on the particular batch of glaze and/or masonry used. My hope is that other people will test their crock pots and post their results just as Insightful Nana, myself, and others have. If we can't get a straight answer about safety from the manufacturers, then we need to share our experiences consumer-to-consumer in order to help keep these harmful contaminants out of our foods and our bodies... Nicolas, of course there is no way for one person to test every crock pot on the market–the best I could do was to test my own and a selection borrowed from friends in the community. Even if I had tested every available brand, I think it’s very likely that the lead content could vary within the same make and model based on the particular batch of glaze and/or masonry used.

My hope is that other people will test their crock pots and post their results just as Insightful Nana, myself, and others have. If we can’t get a straight answer about safety from the manufacturers, then we need to share our experiences consumer-to-consumer in order to help keep these harmful contaminants out of our foods and our bodies…

]]> By: Nicolas Holzapfel http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Nicolas Holzapfel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:30 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1426 How do you account for conflicting test results such as this: http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/housekeeping-home-garden/lead-poisoning-and-crock-pots/html Isn't it possible that only a small % of crock pots contain lead and your test sample wasn't large enough to include one? How do you account for conflicting test results such as this: http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/housekeeping-home-garden/lead-poisoning-and-crock-pots/html

Isn’t it possible that only a small % of crock pots contain lead and your test sample wasn’t large enough to include one?

]]> By: Is There Lead in Slow Cookers and is it Getting into Your Food? – Women's Voices for the Earth http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Is There Lead in Slow Cookers and is it Getting into Your Food? – Women's Voices for the Earth Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:14:20 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1421 [...] individuals have taken up the cause and done their own testing.  See here for one person who found no lead in the slow cookers [...] [...] individuals have taken up the cause and done their own testing.  See here for one person who found no lead in the slow cookers [...]

]]> By: Q & A: February 5, 2012 | CHEESESLAVE http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Q & A: February 5, 2012 | CHEESESLAVE Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:05:57 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1417 [...] an interesting post I found a while back: The Skinny on Lead in Crock Pots: It May Surprise You. The author said that she had a bunch of crocks pots tested and NONE of them had [...] [...] an interesting post I found a while back: The Skinny on Lead in Crock Pots: It May Surprise You. The author said that she had a bunch of crocks pots tested and NONE of them had [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 admin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:10:54 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1412 Laura, yes, I'd be interested to know about the REALLY old ones too. We got one fairly old one at a thrift store, but that was all we could find and even it was 80s, not 70s. Kathleen, I'm pretty sure they were all either made in China or made with glazes and materials that came from China--it just seems to be the way things are these days. I live in Finland now and just bought myself a new crock pot (because we're on 220 electricity over here, so my 110 American one doesn't work here!) and guess what? It's made in China too :( Thanks for all the comments and feedback on this post, everyone! I never thought I'd be answering questions about it 2.5 years later! :) Julie Laura, yes, I’d be interested to know about the REALLY old ones too. We got one fairly old one at a thrift store, but that was all we could find and even it was 80s, not 70s.

Kathleen, I’m pretty sure they were all either made in China or made with glazes and materials that came from China–it just seems to be the way things are these days. I live in Finland now and just bought myself a new crock pot (because we’re on 220 electricity over here, so my 110 American one doesn’t work here!) and guess what? It’s made in China too :(

Thanks for all the comments and feedback on this post, everyone! I never thought I’d be answering questions about it 2.5 years later! :) Julie

]]> By: kathleen http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 kathleen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:41 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1410 Many thanks to all of you concerned moms and grandmoms out there who are vigilant about keeping as many toxins as possible OUT of the food we feed our families!!! And, special thanks to "admin" for digging deeply into this issue and actually conducing her own research. Bravo! Frankly, I never trust the manufacturer because they dissemble so much in their answers to CTB (cover their behinds). Question to admin: were the crocks you tested made in China? I've never seen a crock that wasn't made in China, but I haven't actually done an exhaustive survey! Question to anyone: has anyone ever tested a Hamilton Beach black oval (recent make)? I just bought one yesterday to place my old Rival that is 20 years old. I'm wondering if we've already eaten all the lead in that one, so maybe it's safer than a new one? Many thanks to all of you concerned moms and grandmoms out there who are vigilant about keeping as many toxins as possible OUT of the food we feed our families!!! And, special thanks to “admin” for digging deeply into this issue and actually conducing her own research. Bravo! Frankly, I never trust the manufacturer because they dissemble so much in their answers to CTB (cover their behinds).

Question to admin: were the crocks you tested made in China? I’ve never seen a crock that wasn’t made in China, but I haven’t actually done an exhaustive survey!

Question to anyone: has anyone ever tested a Hamilton Beach black oval (recent make)? I just bought one yesterday to place my old Rival that is 20 years old. I’m wondering if we’ve already eaten all the lead in that one, so maybe it’s safer than a new one?

]]> By: Can’t Keep Up? Three Ways to Simplify Making Stock | Cooking Traditional Foods http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 Can’t Keep Up? Three Ways to Simplify Making Stock | Cooking Traditional Foods Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:01:15 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1396 [...] someone asked me about lead in slow cookers.  The conversation led to someone pointing out a post on Terminal Verbosity where the author had multiple crock-pots from multiple brands tested.  None of them tested [...] [...] someone asked me about lead in slow cookers.  The conversation led to someone pointing out a post on Terminal Verbosity where the author had multiple crock-pots from multiple brands tested.  None of them tested [...]

]]> By: Laura's Last Ditch--Vintage Kitchenwares http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Laura's Last Ditch--Vintage Kitchenwares Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:59:23 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1394 Thanks for posting this. From the color selections, it sounds like you had some newer slow cookers, and two from the late 1980s to mid '90s. I'd be interested to know about the brown ones from the 1970s. Thanks for posting this. From the color selections, it sounds like you had some newer slow cookers, and two from the late 1980s to mid ’90s. I’d be interested to know about the brown ones from the 1970s.

]]> By: admin http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 admin Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:12:51 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1393 I can't find any information one way or the other about canning jars being coated in polycarbonates. Many of my jars are quite old, given to me by a neighbor, so hopefully they predate this practice, but it's definitely worth investigating. I have been pleased so far with my Tattler reusable canning lids--they are BPA free and reusable (double bonus): http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/ I can’t find any information one way or the other about canning jars being coated in polycarbonates. Many of my jars are quite old, given to me by a neighbor, so hopefully they predate this practice, but it’s definitely worth investigating.

I have been pleased so far with my Tattler reusable canning lids–they are BPA free and reusable (double bonus): http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

]]> By: lamb chop http://www.terminalverbosity.com/2009/11/09/the-skinny-on-lead-in-crock-pots-it-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 lamb chop Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:56:01 +0000 http://www.terminalverbosity.com/?p=584#comment-1392 Jarden is the marvelous company making your canning jars, sprayed with polycarbons (plastics and hardeners) without telling us, for years...and refusing to take BPA out of the lids. I just won't use them. If we all voted with our dollars....with all of their arms of business—yeah, it would make a dent. aren't those inert jars shiny these days!! :) I know, I am not posting the footnotes, but they took the patent information off the internet just last week or so. I know! But it can be searched in the us patent offices, look for cornings's patent on this, it was very clear, and a list at the end of all the different chemicals they want to use to do this, lots of combinations. Their web sites still say, only 3 inert ingredients in glass——they don't mention the coating that allows you to safely "bounce" your jars :) Try a gallon jar you use for kombucha and kefir water....feeleellllll the rubbery-ness? Jarden is the marvelous company making your canning jars, sprayed with polycarbons (plastics and hardeners) without telling us, for years…and refusing to take BPA out of the lids. I just won’t use them. If we all voted with our dollars….with all of their arms of business—yeah, it would make a dent.

aren’t those inert jars shiny these days!! :)

I know, I am not posting the footnotes, but they took the patent information off the internet just last week or so. I know! But it can be searched in the us patent offices, look for cornings’s patent on this, it was very clear, and a list at the end of all the different chemicals they want to use to do this, lots of combinations. Their web sites still say, only 3 inert ingredients in glass——they don’t mention the coating that allows you to safely “bounce” your jars :) Try a gallon jar you use for kombucha and kefir water….feeleellllll the rubbery-ness?

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