More than half of cast iron cooking pots recently tested by Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog were found to have released various metals exceeding global safety standards, with one possibly containing carcinogenic substances.
The Consumer Council on Monday revealed that four of seven models of cast iron pots tested released metals such as cobalt, lithium, aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, iron, chromium, manganese or vanadium that exceeded the global standards set by organisations including the Council of Europe, a human rights body, and France’s General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control.
The seven models were from France’s Le Creuset and Staub, Lagostina and Bruno of China, Vermicular and Sori Yanagi of Japan, and Lodge of the United States. They cost from HK$798 (US$102) to HK$3,199.
The best performers were Lagostina, Le Creuset and Staub, while Lodge and Bruno fared the worst.
Nora Tam Fung-yee, chairwoman of the council’s research and testing committee, said the metals could accumulate inside the body and pose health hazards.
“Excessive intake [of lithium] could cause mild diarrhoea, nausea, hand...
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