Janet Kaiser on fri 27 aug 99
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Hi Mel,
I can report that a friend of mine swears I almost killed him... Is that =
close
enough?
The offending article was a raku tea bowl with lid, which he took with him =
when
he went off to Prinknash Abbey (S. England, UK) to become a monk in 1978. He
took to drinking tea from said offending bowl several times a day and after =
some
months of declining health, first a doctor and then a specialist was called =
in
to find the cause... Lead poisoning was suspected and my little bowl was =
said to
be the culprit, as that was the only difference between his daily intake and=
the
other monks in the monastery.
I hotly denied it could be lead leaching from my bowl, but circumstances did
sort of point that way, especially when he gradually recovered his health, =
once
he stopped using the offending bowl...
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art, Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales
Home of The International Potters Path
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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