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Re: Lead in Pewter fixtures

From: Jerry in North Carolina
Remote Name: 64.12.117.76
Date: 08/18/2008
Time: 06:39:54 PM

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The poison properties of lead were first discribed by Hippocrates in 370 B.C. Modern clinical studies, of lead's cumulative effect from trace amounts, were published in 1831. It is extremely unlikely that there is lead in your pewter. Can't say what Bleifrei means.