This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): #LeadSafe! (Click the image to see the levels). Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! Most of the ones tested this round were #LeadFree. This one is a slightly darker color and has trace lead and cadmium. These levels are considered safe by all standards! I have spoken to their CEO and I feel that Heath today is a terrific choice!
Here is my post I wrote about the dishes I use in my home and other #LeadFree & #LeadSafe choices!
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I’ve been buying and collecting Heath pottery for the past 8 years… I am really sad to just find out that the older stuff all has lead. Some of my favorite pieces are vintage and I guess I’ll have to stop using them now.
They are VERY high Lead and I would not consider them safe for food use. My girlfriend got hers for her wedding c.1998 and when I tested them they were EXTREMELY high Lead. They now have new ownership and are creating Lead-safe and lead-free pieces. The glazes may be Lead-free but the substrate tends to have trace lead (which is not necessarily an issue if the glaze is, in fact, Lead-free.)
I was literally sitting here reading your website while eating cereal out of a vintage Heath bowl that’s from the 1960’s. I don’t even own dishes that aren’t Heath. Ugh.
Oh – I am so sorry. Go pick up some clear glass dishes from Walmart or the Dollar Store (for $1 each) so you have something inexpensive and non-toxic in the meantime. I like Duralex but they are a little more pricey: aflink https://amzn.to/3uJTbsj
Tamara