However, I am inclined to think that the opening & closing of the plastic tops (with the Spice of Life pattern) might be shedding microscopic pieces of plastic in the food I store in them. All these pieces bring happy memories of the past. I also have the Clear Pyrex Canisters with the Spice of Life Pattern. Perhaps, I should donate/sell them with the disclaimer that these are not recommended for use. I have vintage Pyrex Cinderella bowls from 1979. They are not vintage measuring cups, but between 10 & 25 years old. I will conclude that the rubbing of the cups, from storing & removing daily, is probably shedding microscopic amounts of lead into my food. I have stacked some of them, inside the other. I have various Pyrex Measuring cups: 1,2 & 4 cups. Or photograph them and keep and display the photos. You may want to consider making these pieces display items only. Pyrex is by no means the only vintage dish manufacturer that has lead in their finishes and there is no real means by which the government can regulate vintage dishes that are no longer in production.Īs these products age and the integrity of the glaze starts to disintegrate, you will find yourself exposed to more lead than your grandmother was when she was your age. Pyrex maintains that their product has always met all applicable government guidelines for their products - and indeed, there were not guidelines in place when their vintage pieces were being manufactured (no guidelines means they didn't break any!). Pyrex hasn't issued a recall because nothing about the amount of lead in their products is illegal. Hopefully she passed that genetic resistance to toxins on to you! I'm glad to hear your 94 year old grandmother is in such good health! Just like smokers who never develop lung cancer, knowing someone who seems unaffected by their exposure to a known toxin is not necessarily evidence that exposure to that element is safe.
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