A new law will make Washington the first in the nation to limit the amount of lead content in metal cookware that is made or sold in the state. House Bill 1551, signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 28, follows years of research by a small band of King County scientists and the Afghan Health Initiative into the cause of high levels of lead in the blood of Afghan immigrants. Their research ballooned into an investigation that revealed that much of the imported aluminum cookware that is commonly sold on websites, like Amazon and Etsy, contains other metals that include toxic lead. “This gives Washington the authority to regulate cookware made and sold to Washingtonians to ensure it does not contribute to lead exposure,” Inslee said as he scrawled his name to HB 1551. The law comes after the King County Hazardous Waste Management Program found brick-and-mortar and online retailers were slow to respond to its warnings about the lead laden cookware. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/washington-becomes-first-state-to-regulate-lead-content-metal-cookware/281-7d9d1fd3-7f05-4085-af3d-ec0ec72252a6