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[*] posted on 12-2-2013 at 07:17


Perhaps soaking for a prolonged period of time in a chelator (EDTA, etc) may further reduce any small quantities of toxic metals should they have bound to the glass.
I guess if you can't remove them with aggressive cleaning, they will stay put nearly indefinately and shouldn't end up in your food.



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[*] posted on 16-3-2013 at 17:38


Quote: Originally posted by GammaFunction  

Would you rather have you child drink water from a well-washed lab bottle that contained pure Bisphenol-A


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[*] posted on 19-3-2013 at 13:36


The toxicity of many materials is unknown. An MD, took a pair of clean, previously used, platinum electrodes, autoclaved them, and inserted them inside a new patient's skull. Soon after, the new patient succumbed to spongiform encephalopathy. In this case, even a few molecules of the toxic principle (a mal-folded protein molecule) was enough to start a brain-wide....protein mal-folding party that rapidly killed the patient.

None-the-less, using that glassware is probably fine. If it isn't, farewell....we will miss your posts.




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[*] posted on 23-3-2013 at 15:55


Quote: Originally posted by GammaFunction  
And we cook in chromium and copper and other toxic elements all the time.


Copper is a toxic element? That's news to me.
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[*] posted on 23-3-2013 at 16:00


I really wouldn't. But then again I'm no expert. You have no idea what that other guy put in the glassware, it's like playing Russian Roulette.

Can't you just go to the store and buy some pyrex beakers and stuff there?
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[*] posted on 25-3-2013 at 20:15


Quote: Originally posted by Manifest  
Quote: Originally posted by GammaFunction  
And we cook in chromium and copper and other toxic elements all the time.


Copper is a toxic element? That's news to me.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_toxicity
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