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What you need to know about lead, mercury and arsenic in copper!

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There is a reason why our sinks are more expensive than some of the imports. Read on...
 

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Please note: This commentary is not directed at all imported sink manufacturers! There are some imported products which use pure copper. We are informing you that some imported sinks have been tested to have very high lead, arsenic and mercury contents. We suggest you do your homework and get something in writing from any company manufacturing copper sinks that indicates that they are using pure copper. Some foreign manufacturers are melting down old copper telephone wire and other discarded products which contain all sorts of impurities.

We use only virgin 99.99% pure copper in the manufacturing of our kitchen sinks. We believe there is a huge liability, to do otherwise.  Paint companies have been sued for lead content in their paint. Landlords have been sued for not removing lead paint in their tenants homes. We see a day in the near future where there will be law suits filed against manufacturers of copper sinks due to the high lead and mercury content. Be assured we have your and our best interest in mind. We will only provide lead-free copper to our customers.

The EPA estimates that 9,150 children are expected to have an IQ score below 70 as a result of their exposure to lead.

"Lead at low levels is a serious threat to the central nervous systems of infants and children. Lead toxicity in the blood has been found not only to impair early school performance, later grade school performance, but also to negatively affect cognitive functioning into young adulthood. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990:

"The persistence toxicity of lead was seen to result in significant and serious impairment of academic success, specifically a seven fold increase in failure to graduate from high school, lower class standing, greater absenteeism, impairment of reading skills sufficiently extensive to be labeled reading disability (indicated by scores two grades below the expected scores), and deficits in vocabulary, fine motor skills, reaction time and hand-eye coordination."

Within the human body, lead damages the nervous system, circulatory and blood forming system, reproductive system, kidneys, and gastro-intestinal tract. In adults lead poisoning can cause various symptoms, including fatigue, loss of appetite, stomach disorders, forgetfulness, headaches, insomnia, irritability, hypertension, anemia, reduced desire for sex, impotence, dizziness, and weakness in the extremities.

It is much more serious when children are exposed to lead. Since the brain has not yet completely developed, lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, lowered IQ, and anti-social behavior. Elevated levels of lead sustained over a period of time, can damage the central nervous system of children and adversely impact their development."

Independent laboratory tests have shown some imported sinks to have lead percentages ranging from 1 1/2% to as much as 12%. Even at the lowest percentage, the lead content is more than 100 times the accepted amount. Please do not take this information as a call for a ban on imported sinks. Not every imported sink contains lead. We merely want the you to be aware that you must insist on some sort of verifiable proof of copper purity from all manufacturers of copper products.  Just to give you an idea of how dangerous small amounts of copper is, the Consumer Product Safety Commissions is considering banning all children's jewelry which might contain as little as .06% lead by weight. This is less than 1/100th the amount of lead tested in some of the imported copper sinks.