Question from Dee
Hi there I am really at a loss.
My baby is 10 months old and a couple of months ago for some reason I was looking at plastic and toxins and it’s heightened my anxiety. I am very scared about everything my baby has been exposed to and scared about his future.
I immediately changed to giving his food in glass bowls, he drinks out of glasses and I store his food in glass bowls. I bought Kilner (rayware) freezer glass containers and chop and cook and store all my baby’s different fruit, vegetables and lentils etc in there so they are stored over a month in the freezer usually and this allows me to give him homemade food.
I noticed black kilner writing on the base and I emailed them.
I received the below response:
“Thank you for contacting The Rayware group with your enquiry.
Whilst we are unable to advise all our products to be entirely lead/cadmium free I can advise that any trace would be to minimal and that all our products meet all European and UK standards for metal release.
I can also advise that any products that we supply directly to our stockist in America do not require a proposition 65 label”
My dilemma is do I go back to storing and using baby plastic bowls, cups and containers or not as I’m scared about the lead and cadmium.
I’m so confused and really unhappy as everything I try seems to be toxic so what do I do?
This has all made my anxiety worse and I’m feeling very down.
Lisa’s Answer
I would not recommend going back to plastic. Plastic has the potential to leach an array of harmful chemicals into food. It has been shown to leach under most conditions. You can read more about it here.
Most glassware purchased in the U.S. and EU is safe to use. You can read more about glassware here.
If you read the link above about glassware, you will find that there are some types of glass that it is best to avoid. Lead glass, or lead crystal, can contain high levels of lead that could leach into food or drink. Glass with decorations, such as painted rims, may have a high lead content from the decoration which could flake off and be consumed. Vintage glass could have been made before regulations to limit leachable lead levels were in place (in the U.S., the FDA started regulating leachable lead levels in 1971).
