Re: What's the truth about Silvia boilers?

On Feb 11, 3:21 pm, "alan" <in_flagra...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 11, 12:02 pm, Tex <Texas_Cof...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Feb 9, 9:01 am, Tex <Texas_Cof...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machines/468084

This will probably go the way of the urban legends about aluminum
boilers - at least I hope brass boilers aren't loaded with heavy
metals!

FDA study:http://tinyurl.com/Silvia-lead-poisoning-label

Tex

Anyone selling Silvia's in California without the proposition 65
warning label is violating the law, and should be reported to the
California Attorney General:http://ag.ca.gov/prop65/contact.php

BTW: As anyone who pays attention knows, this problem is not unique to
Rancilio Silvia's:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductSet.aspx?Prodid=11448316&whse=BD_569

True.  Looks like Gaggias are being tarred with the same brush:http://www.surlatable.com/gs/gaggia-classic-espresso-machine-espresso...

(click on the "Attention California residents. Proposition 65 WARNING" link)

Sure looks that way Dave: http://proposition65.doj.ca.gov/PDF/2008/2008-00296.pdf

Tex
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