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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 823934, member: 5833&quot;]If there is even any lead left at the surface to leach out.&nbsp; If shaving soap has whatever it takes to get it to leach.&nbsp; If you nick yourself, get some soap with a few lead molecules in it into the wound &amp; any bleeding &amp; splashing water on it doesn&#039;t wash it all out before anything can get taken into the blood stream.&nbsp; I STILL WOULDN&#039;T WORRY ABOUT IT!&nbsp; If lead poisoning due to shaving soap containers were a significant risk, think we would have heard by now.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/metals/questions-and-answers-lead-glazed-traditional-pottery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fda.gov/food/metals/questions-and-answers-lead-glazed-traditional-pottery" rel="nofollow">an FDA site</a> about &#039;traditional&#039; pottery:</p><p><br /></p><p>When the pottery is fired at the proper temperature for the proper amount of time, essentially all the lead is bound into the glaze. If any migrates to food, it will be an insignificant amount.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that the FDA is always the most reliable source on such hazards, but probably more correct than not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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