| OT: metal antique bread box, paint peeling Is it lead-based paint? - CLICK HERE for the Cooking Forum Index |
| Quiltshophopper |
I have an antique bread box from National Can, looks to be from the
depression era, and there are places where the white paint is peeling off.
Is this paint the lead-based carcenogenic paint?
thanks
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| Vox Humana |
"Quiltshophopper" <quiltshop@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have an antique bread box from National Can, looks to be from the
> depression era, and there are places where the white paint is peeling off.
> Is this paint the lead-based carcenogenic paint?
You can pick-up an inexpensive kit to test for lead at hardware stores or
online. You simply rub a swab on the surface and note any color change.
The kit will run about $10. It is my understanding that lead is a
neurotoxin, not carcinogenic.
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