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The United States Food and Drug Administration didn't start regulating lead in dinnerware until the 1970s, which means some vintage dishes manufactured in the U.S. before that time could contain ...
In New York City, federal prosecutors recently opened an investigation into lead hazards found in the city’s public housing. According to the health department, one of the biggest sources of lead exposure for New York City children is lead paint, which can flake and crumble onto floors, especially at friction points like door and window ...
From November 2013 until January 2016, the NYC Housing, Preservation and Development agency, which is responsible for oversight of the city’s vast stock of multi-unit residential buildings, issued more than 10,000 violations for dangerous lead paint conditions in units with children under the age of six, the age group most at risk of ingesting lead paint.
In 2007, a series of product recalls and import bans were imposed by the product safety institutions of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand against products manufactured in and exported from the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC) because of numerous alleged consumer safety issues.
Xi’an Famous Foods has stores in the New York boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. Two trays of food purchased at the Xi'an Famous Foods location on Saint Marks Place. The tray on the left holds a plate of spicy cucumber salad (front) and a stewed pork burger (rear, wrapped in waxed paper ); the tray on the right holds a plate of lamb ...
In August 2009, parents rioted in China after lead poisoning was found in nearly 2000 children living near zinc and manganese smelters. [98] Lead exposure can occur from contact with lead in air, household dust, soil, water, and commercial products. [25] Leaded gasoline has also been linked to increases in lead pollution.
Consumer Reports tracked the amount of lead in Lunchables by percentage of California’s maximum allowable dose level, which is 0.5 micrograms per day for lead.
Buffalo China, Inc., formerly known as Buffalo Pottery, was a company founded in 1901 in Buffalo, New York as a manufacturer of semi-vitreous, and later vitreous, china. [1] Prior to its acquisition by Oneida Ltd. in 1983, [ 2 ] the company was one of the largest manufacturers of commercial chinaware in the United States.