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Old 04-17-2013, 07:25 AM
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Texas, it wasn't the lead pipes that killed them, it was the lead oxide they used in place of sugar or honey as a sweetener. It's a white, sweet powder easily manufactured and was therefore available year-round, and cheap. - At least that's what they taught us in culinary school... here in Canada lead-containing solder was prohibited for use on potable water pipes back in the nineties. You are right, it's unlikely that the lead in the solder on a knife would poison your dinner, but it's the perception.


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