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scorch_dc · 09-17-2006, 01:30 PM

I'm not sure about the non-stick coatings on newer crocks (eek), but if you do buy older crock pots be careful and do your research. They did used to contain lead in the ceramic...

" Lead, however, is used in some glazes for slow-cooking pots
(crock-pots). But, in tests done in 1987, FDA found that the amount of lead
that leached into food from these pots did not exceed FDA standards. (See An Unwanted Souvenir: Lead in Ceramic Ware, in the December 1989-January 1990 issue of FDA Consumer.) "

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scorch_dc Registered User iTrader: 0 / 0% Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: madison, wi Posts: 79	I'm not sure about the non-stick coatings on newer crocks (eek), but if you do buy older crock pots be careful and do your research. They did used to contain lead in the ceramic... " Lead, however, is used in some glazes for slow-cooking pots (crock-pots). But, in tests done in 1987, FDA found that the amount of lead that leached into food from these pots did not exceed FDA standards. (See An Unwanted Souvenir: Lead in Ceramic Ware, in the December 1989-January 1990 issue of FDA Consumer.) " __________________ Creative mom to two spunky boys (03/03) (11/04). My blog.