*DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits

[Life of Eric]

I was alerted about this from another YouTube video where he mentioned a family with back yard chickens who were tested with high amounts of lead in their blood. The culprit was lead leaching from those black rubber feed bowls, then being passed thru the eggs into the family.
I tested one of my bowls which was empty in my coop until it rained today and it caught about an inch of water.
The video is linked here.
I used standard well water test strips and got a reading of 30 mg/L. Per the EPA the Alert Level is 0.015 mg/L.
My results were 2000 Times the EPA Limit.
I encourage you to do your own testing and report the results. I would also encourage you not to use these bowls for watering any of your animals.
Please share this info, and I can't believe these items are being sold almost everywhere.

 

[Starrponies]

I've always hated those rubber bowls when using them for horses. Now I dislike them even more wow

 

[Folly's place]

WOW! Very bad news, need to test mine...
We have eggs currently being tested for lead levels, and never considered rubber dishes as an issue.
Mary

 

[Al Gerhart]

Take a lead test strip and wipe down your granite countertops. You will probably be shocked.

 

[SourRoses]

Take a lead test strip and wipe down your granite countertops. You will probably be shocked.

Granite countertops are supposed to be sealed, aren't they?


I'm following this thread, we have some of those rubber dishes and will be removing them from the pen. Can't afford to buy yet one more thing (lead test strips) atm.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I never imagined this happening because the thought of lead poisoning coming from the rubber containers never crossed my mind, thank you for sharing this and warning other people. I am glad that I pour food on the ground instead of in bowls, but I do use bowls for water. Which items could have lead poisoning?

 

[BantyChooks]

Wow, I never thought of this as a potential problem.

 

[Sammster]

I was alerted about this from another YouTube video where he mentioned a family with back yard chickens who were tested with high amounts of lead in their blood. The culprit was lead leaching from those black rubber feed bowls, then being passed thru the eggs into the family.
I tested one of my bowls which was empty in my coop until it rained today and it caught about an inch of water.
The video is linked here.
I used standard well water test strips and got a reading of 30 mg/L. Per the EPA the Alert Level is 0.015 mg/L.
My results were 2000 Times the EPA Limit.
I encourage you to do your own testing and report the results. I would also encourage you not to use these bowls for watering any of your animals.
Please share this info, and I can't believe these items are being sold almost everywhere.

Holy cow! TYFS

 

[MGG]

Is this only when being used for water or are they ok to feed out of? I use mine to hold feed.

 

[puddle_drinker]

I was alerted about this from another YouTube video where he mentioned a family with back yard chickens who were tested with high amounts of lead in their blood. The culprit was lead leaching from those black rubber feed bowls, then being passed thru the eggs into the family.
I tested one of my bowls which was empty in my coop until it rained today and it caught about an inch of water.
The video is linked here.
I used standard well water test strips and got a reading of 30 mg/L. Per the EPA the Alert Level is 0.015 mg/L.
My results were 2000 Times the EPA Limit.
I encourage you to do your own testing and report the results. I would also encourage you not to use these bowls for watering any of your animals.
Please share this info, and I can't believe these items are being sold almost everywhere.

The youtube video is not really passing the smell test for me. There is no EPA "alert" level for lead in water so you can't get 2000x the "EPA limit". Lead levels in water is usually measured in parts per million/billion vs. mg/L so that smells fishy too. I think the guy mentioned that the water came off a metal shed roof? Seems like click bait to me... Although I'm now curious to test the water in the rubber bowls we use.