Marble Pestle: Non-Detect for Pb, Cd, As & Hg!
Exact item tested is in photo below.
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I noticed that the only place that has that particular color in stock is one website (it’s not Amazon), but I’m wondering why you advice against mortars & pestles that are made of non-marble or non-stone in general. I thought you said stainless steel and wood are almost always lead-free? I have seen cast iron mortar & pestles, but they are more risky as far as toxins go, and aren’t dishwasher safe. Wood might have a toxic varnish/coating on it, but it would still warp or crack in the dishwasher, I think. Stainless steel would be able to go in the dishwasher, I think. I’m pretty lazy when it comes to hand-washing dishes, so I’d prefer something I can just stick in the dishwasher. But maybe while grinding peppercorns, I’d also be grinding the metal on metal, and then be ingesting bits of stainless steel?! Is it only the white marble that you tested? Would the black/dark grey streaks possibly have lead? And other colors of marble such as green, champagne, solid black? I know you have links to those colors, but you only tested the white (I know you call it dark grey, but my computer screen shows it as white). Oh wait, now I think I understand what you were trying to write. You mean that if a person only wants a stone item, that that stone be uncoated and be natural stone, not artificial stone. The sentence was ambiguous in grammar, I think. I want to obtain a mortar & pestle soon.