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In reply to the discussion: The Truth About Those Dollar Stores [View all]Sympthsical
(9,209 posts)An ex of mine was a Japanese major. He had to do this project where he set up a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. He had to buy all this stuff. Not authentic or expensive - just get the gist of the thing. So we end up at a huge Dollar Tree in last minute desperation. he finds this platter. He could use it, and hey, we can use it for vegetable platters or whatever later.
We get home, I go to wash it, and on the back there are two stickers. One in (I think) Chinese, the other in English.
Yep. Lead. Do not eat off this thing. For decoration only.
He did his ceremony, and then it went right in the trash. I still wonder how many people looked closely enough to know it was a "decorative" platter. I was surprised as hell it was even sold in America.