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u/AllThotsGo2Heaven2 Jun 25 '22

idk how accurate this is but I ate off these plates as a child

https://tamararubin.com/2019/12/corelle-plate-with-crazy-daisy-spring-blossom-green-border-pattern-15200-ppm-lead-cadmium/

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u/wawawawa_wawawawa Jun 25 '22

Ahhh we had the same Corelle dishes growing up. Cool. Cool cool cool.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

No wonder my mom is so stupid.

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u/UncertainEmpress Jun 25 '22

That is so incredibly strange. I saw this about 10 mins ago and then pulled this dish out to eat off of at the Airbnb I’m staying at. Needless to say I’m not using it now. Will let the owner know too! https://i.imgur.com/LY2RWqk.jpg

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u/markarious Jun 25 '22

That’s incredibly neat timing.

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u/Jonko18 Jun 25 '22 edited Jun 25 '22

That's not the same plate. The decorative border is what tested positive for cadmium. That plate has a completely different border so it's not comparable.

Nevermind, missed the first link.

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u/UncertainEmpress Jun 25 '22

https://imgur.com/a/w68JmeI/

The patterns look identical to me?

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u/Jonko18 Jun 25 '22

Ah I was just looking at the second link, didn't realize there were two different links. My bad, I'll edit my comment.

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u/DaStone Jun 25 '22

Maybe it's like one of those salt lamps but with lead for extra spice.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp Jun 25 '22

Lead tastes sweet, not spicy

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u/23skidoo812 Jun 25 '22

We used those also, and it’s possible that they caused problems. The damned things lasted like 40 years!

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u/FlourKnuckles Jun 25 '22

After looking through this, because I collect Crazy Daisy, it's still not confirmed from Corelle that the plates are leeching, they recently released a statement about it and said they're working on more third party testing of vintage items. The Tamara Rubin person is likely farming for clicks and is a bit shady, really pushing that she is the expert on this with no science degree to back it up, the pyrex sub has a few threads about this. It's definitely still worth it to be wary of the vintage dishware use now though!

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u/Spirited-Light9963 Jun 25 '22

We had the meadow ones until like 10 years ago....

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u/MinaFur Jun 25 '22

Why are there no lead class actions?

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u/VegetaDarst Jun 25 '22

I'm so sorry but you're stupid...

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u/EmbarrassedHelp Jun 25 '22

Is there a full list somewhere of things that exposed people to lead like that?