Stanley Cups Apparently Contain Lead. Here’s How Worried You Should Be

Bon Appetit ^ | Ali Francis

[FarCenter]

I Make a Lead & Oakum Joint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4ucBswsko

[cgbg]

Hockey players need to be more worried about getting slammed against the boards.

Lol.

[KC Burke]

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[mikey_hates_everything]

I’m sure I’ve gotten more lead exposure from car exhausts growing up than could ever get from these thermoses.

[21twelve]

I still have my Stanley thermos that I got in High School (for hunting trips). During college and since I use it almost every day. Did need to replace the stopper.

In the newspaper article I read the guy used XRF and other stuff and said the cup was completely safe. He tried to break the seal using a few different methods (hammer?, crowbar?) and failed. He said after testing it and trying to damage it that the cup was completely safe.

Then in the next paragraph he said something like “It is unbelievable to me that Stanley would use lead in the manufacture of their cup knowing the huge hazards that lead has. No other company uses lead, so why did Stanley!?”

Maybe he’s bi-polar.

Or he needs to research it more. Perhaps lead is longer lasting (my thermos is 40+ years old, no idea if it uses lead) and less cost.

[rlmorel]

Hey...when Mario Lemieux took it in his swimming pool, it sure did sink like it was made of lead!

[KarlInOhio]

https://tamararubin.com/2020/07/this-is-what-a-leaded-sealing-dot-looks-like-on-a-stainless-steel-water-bottle-please-read-the-full-post-if-you-have-questions/ has a discussion of this and list of thermos-type items that use or don't use lead to seal it.

Basically, if you have a double walled glass vessel with a vacuum in between you have to leave a hole in it until the glass is cooled. Then you pump out the air and have to seal the hole to keep the vacuum from leaking out :-). That point is away from the liquid holding surface which is usually covered by plastic or steel anyway. If you rip the bottom off you might be able to get to the lead, but then you wouldn't want to use it for drinking anymore.

[Uncle Miltie]

I swallowed a lead bb from a pheasant I shot.

Passed right through me.

Doctor neighbor said it was nothing to worry about.

[xp38]

I could be wrong but almost every water bottle thermos and cup etc like this I’ve seen is made in China. I’ve yet to see something recent and for sale that isn’t. It’s one of those commodities that China has a almost a complete lock on. I recently ordered online a tumbler that is double walled and of course its from China.

[Libloather]

There are other options -

[ConservativeMind]

Don’t touch .22 bullets or shoot, because you will definitely be around lead, and get it on your fingers, while loading.

[cherry]

you see what they do...you are a horrible person if you use throwaway plastic bottles, you are a horrible person if you use foam cups, and now you are a horrible person if you use the Stanley reuseable thermoses....

we will have nothing and be happy...

[OldMissileer]

That Tamara woman seems to be another BPA Bimbo.

[Steven Tyler]

Honest, I thought this post was about the Stanley Cup, a trophy given to a winning Hockey team