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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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