Question from sheazee
H Debra,
I saw a comment you made on another blog – Wild in the city – regarding lead in dishes. I found it super hard to wade through all the comments! Although given that you been doing this for 30 years (wow) I thought you would be someone to trust. If you don’t mind, could you tell me which dishes you personally use? Is white corelle okay to use?
Thank you so much.
Debra’s Answer
I have various dishes that I have gotten from various places over the years.
Some are clear glass, I have some old white Wedgewood china, and some plates I bought at Pottery Barn.
I keep a box of Lead Check swabs on hand. I’ve tested a lot of pieces and haven’t found any yet that tested positive.
However, I should say that Lead Check swabs only check down to a certain level. So they can tell you that there are not high levels, but not that there is zero lead. More accurate is a XRF test, but it is much more expensive.
There is a lot of discussion about lead in dishware at Q&A Safe Dinnerware. A reader had her whilte Corelle XRF tested and it was lead free.
I think there needs to be some kind of certification for dishes where there is an independent XRF test and a certificate that the dishes are tested and lead free.
