Suffice it to say if you have never intentionally sought out a lead free crock pot then you could be getting small amounts of lead leeched into your food.
Lead in ceramic crock pots.
Many companies now claim to use lead free glazes in their products and crock pot is one such company.
Those regular ceramic crock pots leech lead into your food.
I hope that helps.
Crock pots containing lead was the subject of an investigation that started in salt lake city with kutv s bill gephardt.
If the crock you purchased at your thrift store is for water then the glazes used should be food safe and free from lead.
Lead is used in the glazed ceramic insert that is in direct contact with the food that is being cooked 5.
After his investigation about lead in ceramic glazed plates bowls and mugs and finding high a content of lead in them his focus turned to ceramic glazed crock pots after a viewer did a little research on her own.
But we can t be sure.
A majority of crock pot bowls are made of ceramic materials which often includes a small amount of natural lead.
For example crock pot the brand name that inspired a host of similar ceramic slow cookers now generically known as crockpots tells callers in an automated message that it uses no lead additive.