TIPS AND TRICKS

warrenfeldby Warren Feld
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WHAT DOES "LEAD-FREE" MEAN?

When a product is labeled "LEAD FREE", it means that it complies with current state, federal and/or international laws regarding how much lead is permissible to leach out from a product. The label does not mean that the product has no lead content.

This applies to pewter. It applies to other metals. It applies to glass crystal.

Recently, California passed a much tougher "lead-free" standard than that of the US or international standards. Many previously "lead-free" pewter products have been disappearing from suppliers' inventories, because they do not meet California's new standard. There have not been many replacement products introduced since that law was passed.

 

 

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