Amazon removes potentially dangerous cookware from website

[@docmalthus]

Thank you Seattle, King County, and Washington.

[@fightingmink]

What a coincidence! I just saw a documentary how the exact cooker was being made from scrap metals. I saw engine blocks, old bike rims, etc being smelted. The process was done in an open air factory. I just marveled how nice the finished product looked but I would never buy one after seeing the process.

[@DioBrando-qr6ye]

It's not that the metal used in engines and other vehicle parts is not good, on the contrary, it's generally way better than the metal used for pots. The problem is that in order to make it better it's almost never just one element, they're alloys of various different metals.

[@kman6482]

Same here.

[@MrThomashorst]

I saw this yesterday but the only source of lead I can imagine was the welding seam of the recycled AC compressors ... but this can contribute only to a very small amount ... I'd rather think they strechted the aluminum with lead because it's cheaper.

[@1mmickk]

Yes and an Afghan in the chat of that video begged people not to use them.

[@tkeo12]

@@MrThomashorst lead from leaded gas

[@serenavanderwoodsen3522]

Amazon sells lots of cheap stuff. This doesn't suprise me.😢

[@peterb7585]

Eating lead WOW 2023 ANYTHING FOR THE DOLLAR!!! SAD !!! thank for stopping the poisoning!!!!

[@almisami]

Actual testing and journalism to protect the public? NICE WORK, KING5!

[@jonathanhorne6503]

I watched a video on how these are made. They start out as pieces of engine blocks. There lies the issue.

[@MrThomashorst]

Nope ... engine blocks are not made of lead. They must have mixed it elsewhere.

[@gatolibero8329]

There are literally youtube videos of them melting random car parts into these pots. Random car parts.

[@FenNick1994]

I would never trust Amazon with something relating to food and body. Every other item is a lost-in-translation mystery from who-the-heck-knows where they *definitely* have little sense of accountability.

[@JasonBacher]

2:43 This is my favorite part of the video. You can see the food and beverage set out by Mr. Safi's family for his visitor from the news station. Great hospitality!

[@andrepatacchini]

But they still selling teflon cookware????

[@oegstv5899]

How about rice cookers? Aren't they made out of aluminum? If yes, then manufacturers should be mandated too to use a safer materials.

[@tommysutama1577]

Afghan people: that's why we're immune from chemical bombs and won two wars 😅

[@patrickp8315]

Now I'm afraid of eating at any Afghan restaurants.

[@adamabele785]

This is because in that region is no real legislation that prevents lead contamination. The lead is added to the aluminium to make it better workable. While those kinds of alloys are more or less outlawed for many years in all western countries, the scrap still can contain lead. It is also possible that scrap from military products find its way in the production chain. The local workers have no skills or means to detect the presence of lead. Unfortunately this is not the only case like this and it happens over and over again with recycled materials that are not safe for human consumption.

[@collinmckinney6952]

No it's because Amazon acts as a middle man to aid in selling unvetted products abroad. There's a new dangerous product on Amazon every month it seems. They don't care. Amazon could enact a stricter vetting process. But it's more profitable for them to not vet products, profit off the sales, and then play the "we didn't know game" after the public finds out their pots are made of lead. This is the Amazon business model.

[@toothlessseer3153]

FYI... Indian aluminum pressure cookers (and I guess Pakistani cookers too) ALSO have very high concentrations of lead. In some of the STEEL cookers, some Indian brands also have high lead content in their valves and other components

[@jonflanagin6682]

Their for sale again on Amazon.

[@diamond_h0us]

@@jonflanagin6682 not the imported ones like they are talking about.

[@Iflie]

They usually are, just like asian cheap websites, they just sell them under another name again.

[@bulldaggerwatkins190]

I have a permanent limp because of a roadside Afghan pressure cooker.

[@Tacticat96]

Cool, can we also get Amazon to stop selling deathtraps disguised as litter boxes? What about out of spec fuses? The cheap, poorly designed toy cars that cause all their batteries to burst and are full of choking hazards? Can we get Amazon to stop allowing businesses from paying for reviews? Punish them maybe?

[@fabulousfabrications1985]

Should not even be cooking in aluminum pots

[@wisnoskij]

Wait, is the story really that someone was making a lead containing afghan cooker so Amazon banned anything named an afghan cooker from its site? First off these are just generic pressure cookers, i dont know why they have a special name. Also just getting businesses to change their name will not remove the lead from them. Just have amazon required to test their cookware for lead if they want to import it into your country, changing the name/shape of an entire genre of cookware just to hide the actions of one bad actor is not productive. Just searched "outdoor pressure cooker" and one of these popped right up for Canadian Amazon

[@A_to_Zappa]

Buy a Dutch Oven for outdoor cooking Made In USA.

[@jujutrini8412]

Le Creuset is very good too.

[@riversendoutdoors342]

All of afghans pots and pans are made from recycled aluminum castings.

[@michaeljohnson4947]

I don't have any draim bramage.

[@octavius428ball]

Nah you good bro, I can tell you're doing just fine 💯☺️

[@Phil-D83]

Diy IED cooker with lead...

[@Xxstephenx1x]

Mr. non-profit guy is wearing a rolex Daytona, which is 30+ plus. Hmm, that might be something to look into.

[@_kxd]

look up a few charities on charity navigator, it's pretty common for CEOs of non-profits to have six or seven figures salaries. I'm not saying it's right, but I am saying it's not just that guy.

[@axminsterz4151]

Typically only 10% goes to where they say, 90% goes to “administration costs”

[@PCLANParty]

SCAMAZON

[@Kerry-uo6og]

Kinda explains the taliban.🤔

[@geomundi8333]

its not that much lead; i'm sure its fine

[@RETOKSQUID]

What about the Chinese popcorn poppers that are a miniature version of these?

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Better to be prudent.

[@winstonelston5743]

Will any manufacturers adopt these designs for cookers made from safer materials?

[@RRaucina]

Yeah, the american pressure cooker company in Wisconsin.

[@Bill-im6nt]

@@RRaucina They don't look the same, are just not poisonous and don't explode as easy.

[@Bill-im6nt]

Pressure cookers have been around for ages. These were cheap and looked "kewl".🥵

[@BuzzingGoober]

No because the cookware is rtded and has a small consumer base that relies on government handouts

[@PariahThistledowne]

@@winstonelston5743 I would buy a cast iron version in a heartbeat.

[@GameMode12]

😂😂😂 There is probably another reason, caugh political caugh , than potentially dangerous

[@hiamvu]

Can I text weed instead?

[@fabulousfabrications1985]

Anything to make money

[@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc]

The deportation now

[@McVoidDragon]

2:45 epic comb over

[@kevinhullinger8743]

Well done 👌🏻 just buy an instant pot.

[@dadevi]

Why anyone would use terrorist pressure cookers is beyond me

[@Derpy1969]

Mmmm tasty lead. Sure explains a few things.

[@HealthWyze]

The biggest problem with Amazon is that it refuses to list country of origin. I know for a fact that there are plenty of people who want to know. Get your stuff from civilized, Christian countries to avoid poisoning your family.

[@NotExpatJoe]

As required by law, every single Amazon listing has country of origin. The notion that civilization, as defined by Western ideals or personal choices in religion, influences the quality and safety of products is misguided. Quality and safety stem from rigorous standards, ethical practices, and scientific advancements, not cultural or religious backgrounds.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

Science and religion are completely not connected

[@leeweesquee]

Kicking arse since the US ran

[@HorseMalone]

When used these have blown more folk to bits than the IEDs they make over there.

[@sallehsmohamed7269]

Better than eating McDonald!

[@w.loczykij5354]

Such a nice meal! Where's Mr Faizul's wife?? I see rocket fast integration in progress.

[@carefulsum]

Why would anyone buy anything from Afghanistan???

[@marilynmcconnell-twiss3046]

@@carefulsum people in the 'western world' have been buying and collecting beautiful and expensive rugs from Afghanistan for centuries.