I own two of them. They’ve been dropped many times. There are a few chips of paint off the bottom but none exposing the center plug. Lead isn’t radioactive. It’s perfectly safe as long as you don’t ingest it. I’m not happy there’s lead in the cups. But they’re still usable.

It’s a whole systemic breakdown. The maker knew of the potential for lead - ordered them without lead from the manufacturer, and had them tested by two independent labs. Christ sake what the hell else should they do? By the way before choosing a manufacturer in China this guy tried to find one in the US. Guess what? We don’t make double wall stainless in the US.

In order to detect lead, the paint has to be chipped away on the bottom of the cup. Kind of an extreme test.

Older isn’t always better. Pewter for instance was used in the kitchen and often contained lead.

I’ve been pretty happy with my GIR spatulas.

For measuring cups and spoons, any stainless should be safe and durable. This lead was found in the seal disc under the paint which only pertains to double wall stainless. If you want dance USA made set look at All-Clad.

These were tested twice before being brought to market. The labs didn’t test the bottom of the cup.

As an owner of these and other double wall stainless cups made in China, I wanted more information than this paywalled article. Somebody should start a lemmy instance that bans all paywall links.

Anyway the company was very diligent at preventing this but it still happened. See here:

https://www.cupkin.com/pages/recall

For anyone interested in facts and not headlines, the lead is on the exterior of the cup, in the bottom under the powder coated paint. It’s a seal disc in the bottom. Lead poses a threat to health only if ingested. For this lead to be ingested you’d basically have to destroy the cup.

This part was interesting:

tested the top selling household kids cup brands and found lead under the stainless steel discs for every single kids cup brand.

I think it would be safe to assume you’ll find lead in the seal disc on the bottom of any double wall stainless made in China.