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There is a consumerist TikTok craze for some expensive type of thermocup by the company Stanley.. It was also found to contaminate drinks with lead.
And these three ladies were in a skit on the US comedy TV show Saturday Night Live which was about that thermos hype.
Adding to that, Stanley Tumblers have become the latest status symbol for children as well as adults. So it's not uncommon for a child to get bullied because their water bottle isn't a Stanley Tumbler.
Exactly as the marketers intended
The fact that people think they need a water bottle in school is crazy weird.
school only having water bottle filler
Yeah, it's clear that everyone who hasn't a 2 liter keg like me is going to dehydrate pretty soon anyway.
... that's like the least weird part to me, how else are you going to drink?
They do need one, but a plastic bottle from the vending machine is good enough
As far as I know, they didn't show to actually contaminate drinks. There's just lead in places where it doesn't come into contact with the drink. The lawsuit is for not disclosing this information. Or at least that's how the article reads.
Edit: it was in California, where it's mandatory to say whether or not the product has lead (and probably other things) in it.
Your article contains a statement from Stanley: "no lead is present on the surface of any Stanley product that comes into contact with the consumer nor the contents of the product." I don't find anything supporting your claim that the cups were "found to contaminate drinks with lead." Am I missing something?
You're not wrong. They use lead to seal the vacuum. You will only be contaminated with lead if it gets damaged. Most other big popular brands moved away from lead to glass sealing years ago citing worker health and potential lead exposure if they get damaged.
Ah, so my poisonous drinking cup is only poisonous if I use it a little too rough?
To me it's wild that a cup mafe in 2024 contains lead at all
This seems a good filter irl to avoid people that clearly are too addicted to tiktok.
Up until now I thought it was the same Stanley that makes tools which was making no sense to me