Enamelware. . .Good or bad?

[waldorfknitmama]

I want to replace my plastic cups for this kids, with a sweet inexpensive choice--- I came up with enamelware, a lot of Waldorf folk have them around too, are they safe? Seems like they could contain lead or other metals, what are these made of anyhow? I just picked on up at REI and now I'm wondering how safe they are???

Any thoughts?

[mamadelbosque]

This comes up fairly often around here, and the simplest answer is that nobody's 100% sure. But I've never seen a study saying that enamelware is unsafe. Its been around for a LONG time, and thus I figure its as safe (on average) as most anything else with a coating. We eat off enamelware plates/bowls everyday and I have for my whole life (excepting the few months/years when I didn't live here in college).

[zech13_9_goforgold]

They do get hot though from hot foods sitting on them so you do have to watch for that with littles around.