Cindy Strnad on mon 24 apr 00
Monona,
I remember the orange juice story. I think I may have read it in Reader's
Digest long, long ago, and as I remember, it was in fact Mexican ware and it
took some time to determine the problem with the child's health. And all the
while, the mother was trying to make him better by giving him lots of orange
juice from her beautiful Mexican pitcher.
I read it when I was a kid, and the magazines we subscribed to were Reader's
Digest and National Geographic, but it doesn't seem much like a NG story.
You might try finding a website for RD and see if they have an option to
search their archives.
Cindy Strnad
earthenv@gwtc.net
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
Jeanne Wood on tue 25 apr 00
I remember the story too, indeed it was in Reader's
Digest around 1970-71. I was a student at the time and
unhappy the story didn't distinguish between pottery
bearing the imported low-fire lead glazes and the
non-toxic high-fire glazes we were doing.
For years customers and others refered directly to
this story when asking about pottery.
Jeanne W.
>
> I remember the orange juice story. I think I may
> have read it in Reader's
> Digest long, long ago, and as I remember, it was in
> fact Mexican ware and it
> took some time to determine the problem with the
> child's health. And all the
> while, the mother was trying to make him better by
> giving him lots of orange
> juice from her beautiful Mexican pitcher.
>
> I read it when I was a kid, and the magazines we
> subscribed to were Reader's
> Digest and National Geographic, but it doesn't seem
> much like a NG story.
> You might try finding a website for RD and see if
> they have an option to
> search their archives.
>
> Cindy Strnad
> earthenv@gwtc.net
> Earthen Vessels Pottery
> RR 1, Box 51
> Custer, SD 57730
>
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jims@CONNECT.AB.CA on tue 16 may 00
Greetings,
[Ooops... I sent this to the old Clayart address a few days ago not
realising Clayart had already left town] *8)
Monona, I think I may have found what you were originally looking for.
I was looking up some chemical information in "Ceramic Science For The
Potter" - W.G. Lawrence and recalled your query when I came across the
following (p. 202):
"Later a brown earthenware pitcher purchased in Mexico* and used for
storing fruit juice claimed a victim and another pitcher made by an amateur
potter and purchased in Nova Scotia caused the death of a two-year-old boy
who drank apple juice held in the pitcher**."
*- refers to an article...
"The Accident That Saved Five Lives," - J.L. Block
Good Housekeeping (p. 63), November 1969
**- refers to two articles...
"Death Can Lurk in an Earthenware Pot," - Z. Bieler
Montreal Star (p. 4), December 27, 1969
"Health Aspects of ILZRO's Lead in Glaze Research," - Jerome F. Cole
Proceedings, Fall 1970 Meeting, Materials and Equipment and Whitewares
Divisions, American Ceramic Society.
You might be able to acquire archived articles by contacting:
Good Housekeeping
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/
Montreal Star I believe is no longer in existence, perhaps another Canuck
Clayarter could verify if this is so. *8)
American Ceramic Society
http://www.acers.org/
...has 'Ceramic Information Center' link for aquiring artciles etc.
Hope this helps.
Cheers... Jim
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