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# Is your teapot safe to use?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/is_your_teapot_safe_to_use_0719110637/
- Published: 2011-07-19T07:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:20:19.000Z
- Description: Belgian researchers simulated brewing in metallic teapots and found most leached lead and nickel at levels they judged to pose a serious poisoning risk. The study, in Food Additives and Contaminants, followed a case of lead poisoning in a family that used such teapots.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, Lead Poisoning, #vivvo-import

By David Liu, Ph.D.Tuesday July 19, 2011 (foodconsumer.org) -- Don't use metallic teapots to brew your otherwise healthy tea because they may leach poisoning metals like lead and nickle, according to a report in the July 12, 2011 issue of Food Additives and Contaminants.Bolle F and colleagues from Scientific Institute of Public Health in Belgium reported a study showing that most metallic teapots tested in the study leached lead and nickle at levels that posed risk of serious poisoning.The study was triggered after the researchers learned of a case in which a family of Morocco origin suffered lead poisoning, which was associated with metallic teapots. For the study, Bolle et al. simulated the brewing process using metallic teapots and tested a range of metals including aluminum, copper, iron, nickle, lead and zinc.The teapots were withdrawn by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain in Belgium.