Victor Sack wrote:
> Polly Esther > wrote:
>
>> My cake cover dome thing is thin pitiful plastic and I'm thinking I'd really
>> enjoy having a beautiful crystal cover for cake display/temporary (very).
>> To save bothering you all, I really did look around about the dangers of
>> lead crystal and killing off myself and family and friends. Too much
>> information and too confusing on the search. I'm just not bright enough to
>> evaluate the difference in the dangers of lead crystal decanters (not the
>> issue anyway) and the safety of a cake cover. Please help. Polly
>
> A cover of this kind is no problem at all.
>
> In a lead-crystal container, such as decanter, lead could leach into the
> (liquid) contents. Here is what I once posted in a similar thread:
> I think it was Decanter, a British wine (but occasionally spirits, too)
> magazine which once conducted a test. It was many years ago and I don't
> remember the results exactly, but they seemed to indicate that lead
> leaching into the decanter's contents is a function of time. IIRC, the
> conclusions were that, if you leave your whisk(e)y (or whatever) in the
> decanter for weeks or months at the time, you should be careful; if you
> leave it there for a few days, you shouldn't worry too much.
>
> Victor
>
Yes.
But whisk(e)y hasn't enough acid to leach out the lead.
I think people get lead waterpipes (18th century onwards and also the
Roman empire) mixed up with lead crystal.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner