The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified more cookware that could be leaching lead into your food, it said in an expanded warning updated on Oct. 15.

The FDA published an initial notice on Aug. 13 and an update on Sept. 12 after testing pots made by an Indian manufacturer and finding that they were made with Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium, metal alloys that are made from aluminum, aluminum alloys and brass. These substances are common in some types of imported cookware, said the FDA, but are not used in the U.S. due to their tendency to leach lead into food cooked or stored within.

Since then, three more manufacturers/distributors and six more products were added to the list.

There is no known level of lead exposure that is considered safe and some people ar

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