[HPforGrownups] Re: Solid Gold Cauldron

[The Crashing Boar]

No: HPFGUIDX 75075


  From: Cindy 
  <<snip>>
  "That is interesting, I didn't know that. There is an Australian
  company that makes pewter jewellery for surgers, as, apparantly, it doesn't rust or tarnish when worn frequently in salt water. It looks quite nice too.

  -Cindy

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  I was about to reply that this is only true if it is the leadfree type, which is the only kind legal to use in Britain these days as the lead can be transfered by touch (and the vapour while molten), when a thought hit me.  What if pewter is used in it's traditional form and isn't leadfree in the WW.

  Doing a search on lead poisoning, I discovered that low level lead poisoning can produce, amongst other possible symptoms, anaemia (sallow, pale complexion), loss of appetite, mood shifts such as aggression or depression, and insomnia, as well as problems like (paraphrased from a case study)
  - Sunlight seemed dazzling
  - must always be on their guard
  - People deceived them all the time
  - Thoughts crowd into the mind too rapidly for discussion
  - had little respect for theirself
  - skin was very sensitive
  - bothered by murderous ideas
  - loathed people who touched them
  - Without their work they would be nothing
  - felt lost in a crowd

  The lead can also be laid down in the hair and bones, including the teeth, possibly affecting their outward appearance.

  Sound like any Potions Masters we know?

  Dawn



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