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Article: Putting the lid on dangerous dinnerware. (the glaze on earthenware could case lead poisoning)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 10, 1987
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Putting the lid on dangerous dinnerware
The vivid hues and glossy sheen of handcrafted earthenware satisfy the senses as few things can. But as Samuel Johnson once lamented, "What ills from beauty spring!' The Food and Drug Administration announced last month that a line of expensive Italian ceramics, made in the Palermo workshop of Giovanni DeSimone, had to be recalled from boutiques and department stores. The glazes used to achieve the brilliant yellows, blues and reds leaked up to 50 times more lead than the FDA considers safe.
The DeSimone recall is the latest shot in the battle against an often overlooked source of lead poisoning: Lead-glazed ...