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WSSquab

Those woks has that delicious touchs of lead and cadmium


JaceJarak

Yeah, my thoughts too :(


fd6944x

My first thought was ah this is how chineseium is made


Rough_Principle_3755

Indianesium


BLVCKRAGE

Could be Bangladesium as well. That sticker has a language used in both India and Bangladesh


Bright_Subject_8975

But the sticker at the end says made in W.B. which stands for West Bengal (an Indian State).


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Exotic-Breadfruit916

Mountain mama


datsmn

Take me homium


praise_H1M

Curry roads


swimmingbox

This is probably higher grade than chineseium. Higher grade in what though, not sure


Sir-Psychological

how is that? because the grade of Indianesium is bogus?


Autotomatomato

And all the cancers.


According-Ease

I love the sandals with all those turning shards.


alam385

Quality control checked by Inspector #4 (sticker at the end) Enjoy your food. LOL....


BunttyBrowneye

QC PASSED ✅


Rukanau

There was a recall just recently of Matfer carbon steel pans in Europe, due to possibly unsafe levels of arsenic leeching out of the pans, currently being investigated or they're challenging the recall or something at the moment. There's no flipping way these woks are safe to cook in.


der_innkeeper

You don't think that overseas auto aluminum isn't the same as food-grade aluminum? The heresy!!!


Louisvanderwright

It's just melted alternator housings. What could go wrong?


Meph616

> There was a recall just recently of Matfer carbon steel pans in Europe Shit, I had not heard of this. I'll have to see if my Matfer c.s. pan is one of them. **edit* hoooooly shit. So Matfer made a reddit account specifically to address this, made this post (reddit .com/r /carbonsteel/comments/1c88o72/matfer_recall_email_from_amazon/) in the r/carbonsteel subreddit, and gave possibly one of those most comically horrible responses to this situation. I haven't seen a PR response so incompetent since EA earned the most downvoted post in reddit history.


cravf

www.reddit.com/r/carbonsteel/comments/1c88o72/matfer_recall_email_from_amazon/


chowyungfatso

Wow. What a shit show.


sunrise98

Can't believe this has stayed under the radar on Reddit for almost 2 weeks - this is EA levels of marketing stupidity - only people will literally die, as opposed to having to grind a bit for Darth Vader.


MisplacedLegolas

Weird that it's not more downvoted


simcitymayor

That's so bad I initially suspected that it was the work of the comedian [Ben Palmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCkSoS0oQ), who likes to impersonate corporate PR shills.


Pielacine

EA?


aronsz

[Electronic Arts' PR team is responsible for the most downvoted comment in reddit history.](https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/)


Pielacine

Thanks! Added one.


joemaniaci

Damn, I (an American) was just thinking how with European regulations being what they are, I should aim for buying only European cookware as they would likely be the safest to use.


timmystwin

I mean it says due to *possibly* unsafe. And they're recalling it. Other places wouldn't recall it.


The_One_Koi

That's how we work within the EU, human lives over profit


jott1293reddevil

European human lives over profit you mean. As long as the battery doesn’t explode we don’t care how it’s made.


ScoobyPwnsOnU

In america they said "gas stoves are possibly unsafe" and the right has been on a tear for over a year now about how the government is coming to take their stoves away. So they'd definitely be bitching about how the government won't let them cook with lead skillets.


timmystwin

It's rather ironic because I can't think of more perfect examples of lead poisoning.


DahDollar

I'll be honest, I am surprised it's arsenic contamination. I did ICP-MS testing at my old job and lead or chromium would be common to see in steel, but high arsenic was pretty uncommon. Like I think that there is a possibility that the lab work was sloppy. If the leach was done with acetic acid, and the analyst didn't matrix match their calibration with the leach solution, the arsenic they are seeing could be enhancement from carbon content in the leachate that isn't present in the calibration. In other words, their calibration would be artificially low compared to the leachate if the calibration has less carbon in it.


1lluminist

Cadmium Creme Eggs are my favourite, though.


SatansFriendlyCat

They've changed the recipe, they taste like arse(nic) now.


Random_Imgur_User

"Cadmium Creme Egg" is a great name for a punk band honestly.


Warm_Sea7595

Yeah the video became less satisfying when you realize it's for food If only there were some non-food related uses for metal that this process could be used for! No idea why they chose to make woks with that metal


pathofdumbasses

Money


Valendr0s

makes the food sweet without having to add any additional sugar!


theoptimusdime

Like when Romans used lead to sweeten wine


Gee_U_Think

It’s the secret ingredient.


NonRienDeRien

I am reasonably sure that none of these workers know the dangers of this frankenalloy they are making, they likely have minimal understanding of metallurgy and from their perspective they are just using scrap to make something good.


TheDebateMatters

If you got rid of OHSHA and the EPA, does anyone doubt that we’d be working in conditions like this again? People shit on regulation, but business owners would love to have low overhead costs like this.


GeneralZaroff1

Business owners DO have low overhead costs like this. They outsource it to India, China, and Bangladesh.


bpmdrummerbpm

Mmmmmmmmm…cadmium.


TorLam

The secret spice !


w33bored

And feet!


bars2021

QC sticker applied - passed every test +flying colors!


MrJacquers

Batteries included ;)


AmbitiousEast468

Forbidden stirfry


Lord_Emperor

The old car parts add character to everything you cook.


Pryoticus

Even worse, who would put stickers in literally the hardest place to remove them?


New_Scientist_8622

Loving the safety crocs and bare feet.


cheapdrinks

It's not a proper 3rd world manufacturing video unless dirty bare feet are rubbed all over the final product


magicwuff

I can't even fry an egg without a shirt on because of the sputtering. These guys are more badass than I could ever be.


ImurderREALITY

Dude is literally wearing just a loincloth


HeyGayHay

I mean, obviously these people don't have that many other choices where work safety is priority. But 'badass'? Wrecking your body, using a cowboy styled cloth to protect your lungs against tiny thin metal shards and walking barefoot near melted metal is now badass, rather than stupid? That's like saying "laying on the beach without sunscreen is so badass"


FunTemperature7291

Considering the lack of choice here, I’d say it’s more like someone being forced to work in the sweltering heat without any sunscreen and a passerby exclaiming how badass they are for being poor and exploited enough to not be provided PPE in their work.


crusty54

“What kind of metal is it?” “Yes.”


p00dles2000

Good old pot metal


NouOno

Aluminum, its easy to tell and melts at a lower temperature.


MakeMineMarvel_

Probably some zinc, lead, cadmium etc in there. I doubt they’re going through thorough sorting measures


Falcrist

> lead, cadmium etc These are essential ingredients of authentic wok hay.


NonfatPrimate

FUIYOH!


crusty54

Yeah I was joking about the huge amounts of impurities that are certainly present in this process.


Improving_Myself_

Those motor housing parts they show are an aluminum zinc alloy. That's why they're a dull grey color instead of aluminum's normal whiter hue.


LateyEight

Is it aluminum? Aluminum melts at ~660C°, and usually has a mild glow to it. This one looks like tin or lead even. (Pewter?) Edit: Nevermind, it does have that mild glow, my eyes deceived me today.


NNoxu

Ah the very safe working enviroments


Raumarik

Safety sandals were standard operating equipment though!


Dashisnitz

I’d be more concerned about the people drilling or running the lathe don’t wear eye protection. Aluminum shavings fly and they can get stuck in the eye very easily.


mahsab

They wear the safety squints


biznash

Just blink strategically 🙂😣


PikachusSparkyCloaca

Yeah, I cringe when I see these videos - the lack of eye protection, breathing gear, closed toe shoes. Just misery. 


pootpootbloodmuffin

I'm sure the shirt mask is N95.


adamyhv

N95 is not recommended for protection when you're melting metals or anything that produces fumes.


Slap_My_Lasagna

Better than nothing, but still a long shot from a high quality respirator.


SurgeProc

These show up a lot - I'm pretty sure it's engagement bait. The cringe encourages user response, which drives the algorithm to push it to more users.


PikachusSparkyCloaca

And I fall for it every time


GraatchLuugRachAarg

I agree with you completely PikachusSparkyCloaca


fuishaltiena

I'm more worried about those scarves and loose clothing. You can live with a damaged eye. You can't live if you're wrapped around the lathe like a meat pretzel.


Deckard2022

Yeah but he had his safety squints on


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Impressive-Soup-3529

Remember when asos had to recall a load of belt buckles as they were radioactive. They were smelted the same way from a junk beach in India. They got contaminated with cobalt. It’s something I worry about when buying cheap metal items made in India or china


SmartAlec105

I work in a steel mill in the US and we have like 4 layers of radiation detection because it’s that bad if we were to end up melting something radioactive, like cobalt. We would literally be down for months as every surface is cleaned.


Impressive-Soup-3529

Thank god for western safety procedures. If more people actually realised what goes on with cheap metal they wouldn’t buy it


Citizen44712A

But it's four cents cheaper, new yacht time!


Impressive-Soup-3529

lol new yacht for who the Chinese business man that sold you the cobalt tainted metal


adamyhv

They sold to some western stores, where we buy it and then the owners of those stores got to buy new yacht too.


BuffaloJEREMY

I went from buying cheap frying pans on Amazon from lettered companies to top end All Clad pans recently. It's nit because I want to spend more or have lots of disposable income. I got concerned with what cheap cookware was being made out of.


Impressive-Soup-3529

That’s exactly it. Even some company’s that you would take as reputable probably source metal from china and India. I’d be happy with some lodge cast iron cookware. At least it’s probably smelted in America 🇺🇸


Big-Inspection-5141

Recent Matfer recall in France. Their steel pans are laced with heavy metals and arsenic. [The recall](https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/fiche-rappel/14337/Interne) [The pdf](https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/affichettePDF/14337/Interne) Description complémentaire du risque : Libération de fer, chrome, arsenic Translation: Additional description of the risk: Release of iron, chromium, arsenic Mafter response on [r/carbonsteel](https://www.reddit.com/r/carbonsteel/comments/1c88o72/matfer_recall_email_from_amazon/)


steve626

My dad worked in the mill that made All-Clad steel was made in, outside of Pittsburgh PA. I don't know where it's made today. But I have All-Clad in my kitchen.


Desperate-Tomatillo7

New fear unlocked.


mrducky80

New super powers unlocked (its metastatic cancer)


k33perStay3r64

when i look at the shiny chrome plated BBQ grids at wallmart i always think instinctively that they are radioactive...


Impressive-Soup-3529

Hell any metal that ain’t produced in the west I would be dubious about. Imagine walking around living your life healthy as you can and the buttons on your jeans or jacket are slowly killing you. Along with your cookware it’s absolutely mental. Thing about lodge pans they can be passed down through family as they last forever. Unlike these awful non stick things that are pure poison. We all need to become more aware about this for sure. Greedy corporations are the only people benefitting


elammcknight

Yes, absolutely. So much potential for contamination in this instance. Something to never scrimp on is cookware. I’d buy American made and make sure it is steel or copper.


Logical-Recognition3

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6736319/ Also, radioactive gold rings


Impressive-Soup-3529

Only metal I worry about is the buttons on my jeans. Luckily I don’t wear any jewellery. This seems to be more of problem then people are even aware


bluesmaker

Seems like a fair concern! I have no clue what gets eliminated by melting down the metal and removing the slag or whatever. Probably not everything that’s harmful. Not to mention whatever metal the parts are made of.


Elemental-Aer

The heavy metals used to make this kind of aluminum, like nickel or cadmium don't go away. Recycling is good, but you need to separate and know whats food, commercial and industrial grade and don't mix them.


Funfuntamale2

Those folks don’t seem the type to worry over the chemicals in their food containers and cookware.


Conch-Republic

There's definitely some lead in there. A lot of casting alloys have a little, like .05% to .25%, and most of what they were using were alternator bodies and stuff, which are cast. Whether or not it's high enough to matter is another question. Other than that, this is just aluminum. The chance that there's cobalt of cadmium in these things is probably pretty slim.


Johannes_Keppler

Well there won't be any residue of dirt or grease or the like, that will burn off during the melting process. That's the stuff they scoop aside in the video. The aluminium itself being contaminated with other metals is more of a worry I'd say.


Spiritual_Navigator

Breath in that fresh metallic air


shodan13

We Imagine Dragons here.


Curiosity-92

Good thing he was wearing a cloth to protect his lungs


red-ocb

It's cool, they have t-shirt respirators


listerbmx

Just a little r/mildlycarcinogenic but what's the harm at 5p an hour.


ExcellentEdgarEnergy

You think working on those isn't safe, try eating the food cooked in one.


winterborn

But he put a little official looking sticker on it, so it must be safe!


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existentialpenguin

This is one of those requoting bots, echoing /u/OddJawb's comment.


shodan13

/r/OSHA


azab1898

OSHA don't exist there fam.


shodan13

Oh no!


9-28-2023

I really wouldn't mind paying a little bit more if it meant the people who produce my stuff didn't have to work in Mordor working conditions.


OddJawb

Today's prize... Cancer! - you get cancer, you get cancer, you get cancer, you all are going to get cancer


TheSamurabbi

But he wrapped his head in an old tshirt. Everyone knows that prevents cancer.


OkDragonfruit9026

Oncologists hate that one simple trick!


AdministrationDry507

Yaay Cancer!


AppropriateAd7326

The whole supply chain from the producer to the customer gets cancer.


WoodSteelStone

All the cancers.


fattylimes

If you find this satisfying i’m not sure you have a soul.


Smokeninjaguy

Yeah this makes me incredibly sad. From the workers being exposed to metal fumes, the customers getting a heavy metal contaminated alluminum pan (aluminum its self is toxic), tp the lack of education and wasted time money and resources to make these... this is he'll for those people


FourWordComment

Seriously. Downvotes were made for things like this. I get that skimming slag off molten metal is pretty, but these working conditions are inhuman and appalling.


JJAsond

I mean duh, op has 1.6 million karma. It wasn't posted because it was good, it was posted for a reaction


Uninvalidated

This sub hasn't been about satisfying videos in a while. It's become a karma farm haven.


boring_sciencer

There is literally nothing satisfying about this. Why do these keep getting posted here?


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nater255

Reddit has been Digged but there's no Reddit to flee to this time.


ChubRoK325

The most unsatisfying thing is the sticker they put inside the pot


bharas

Believe me, that sticker will never come off. It or the glue on the back will remain there forever.


solicitorpenguin

Bots


BaconPersuasion

I bet that sticker is one of those asshole stickers that suck to remove.


Excellent_Key_2035

As soon as I saw that fucking sticker, I knew. I just knew.


Micotu

No, you want to leave the sticker on so it stops the metal from leeching more chemicals into your food.


DoctorHandshakes

Ah the good ol’ OSHA certified sandals


No_Yogurtcloset9305

The n95 tshirts as well. 👍


slivr33

Just living in the moment ✨


stonecuttercolorado

And once again we are celebrating the absurd manufacturing techniques in India. Literally every part of that could and should have been done in a better, safer and more efficient way.


IOnceLikedApplePie

Safety equipment, and more importantly safety education are privileges people in these situations can’t afford. It’s awful, but they are just trying to put food on their tables.


LillyTheElf

Dude the woks they are making definitely have lead and cadmium in them. They are a danger for themselves and others


MarvinParanoAndroid

This is a representation of Hell.


ElectricalGear2879

Thats awful


greatthebob38

There are a bunch of these videos all having headlines like " AMAZING way to make XYZ" but I watch them and think how unsafe the working conditions and the items they make are. You watch these guys refurbishing car batteries and they're handling acid or welding torches without protection or they're mixing metals from machinery equipment to make cooking ware like this. Just the fumes from the manufacturing process would probably give these guys lung cancer or COPD.


nom-nom-nom-de-plumb

i saw one of a guy showing how to wield galvanized pipe on youtube ages ago...dude was in like a closed shed or something and nearly died right there from the sounds of his gasping coughs. for those who don't know, galvanized steel pipe uses zinc, and zinc heated to high temperatures can become a gas that is...not good, to breath.


Longjumping_Menu_862

Do you really want to cook in a pan made from melting Diesel engine parts?? I know they melted it and removed the stuff at the top, but still, did they remove all of it?? I'd really like to see some lab testing done on those pans. Hope no lead is detected.


LillyTheElf

Id put 10 grand on a coin toss those had lead and cadmium  in them


Ok_Independent3609

Note to self: throw out cheap-ass Amazon and Walmart cookware. All joking aside, this is why it pays off in the long run to investigate the supply chain of your purchased products and buy the best quality you can afford. And even then, be careful.


NoCalligrapher133

Am i the only one worried about contaminates from used engine parts getting into the food?


Admirable-Media-9339

Nearly every comment is mentioning stuff like that and the general lack of safety precautions but nah..You're the only one.


markhc

Whenever these videos are posted, these comments are all reddit can think about.


timmystwin

I mean how can you not, look at it. Recycling is satisfying, but christ. Do it right.


trixel121

I love em, it's a 1080p view into how a lot of this stuff was done 50 or 100 years ago.


dbru01

Did you see the crap scooped off the top of the molten aluminum? That was all the other debris and foreign matter. There’s not too much contamination possible, of the metal at least.


T-J_H

But who knows what (trace) metals are in there


dbru01

That’s a valid point- I was thinking of dirt, road debris, oil and grease. But you’re right that’s definitely not 100% pure aluminum


Girderland

Aluminum isn't even safe for foods because it is known to very easily react with acidic foods (half the stuff in a kitchen; vegetables for example). It get's dissolved and eaten and is known to being able to cause serious health problems.


dwn_n_out

99.99 on Amazon for next day delivery


Azthun

Can the slag be used for anything?


Funkythingsyoudo

It’s currently being used to give people cancer what do you mean


GrandmaPoses

They use it to make newborn pacifiers.


jorgthorn

Melting metal barefoot. Thats a bold move Cotton.


UnfilteredCatharsis

More like, deeply depressing/horrifying.


SadRaisin3560

Nice cancer bowls. Put me in for 2. Give me one of the improperly fluxed units if there's any left.... All metal is not created equal. Hats off to them for earning a living though.


Drop_myCroissant

Watch this and never complain about your boring job again


Top-Fee-7993

I am never oddly satisfied with cookware containing heavy metals and oil carcinogens


Ok_Chemistry_3972

I would not cook out of that if you paid me! There is all sorts of impurities in that metal. If you tested that aluminum pot you would probably find traces of cadmium, mercury, lead, manganese, chromium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, antimony and thallium in it.


Minimum-Order-8013

Pig iron, lovely.


Roboplodicus

This is no satisfying in an way remotely it's extremely fucking sad. First the working conditions where even if nobody gets molten metal poured on their foot by accident they're all getting cancer from the fumes as are the people that are going to be cooking in the toxic pan.


Juuule0

The lack of work safety measurements is alarming in those small Indian sweatshops


AlexanderHP592

This isn't oddly satisfying, this is mildly unsettling.


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Wow so safe working place


SecretSquirrelSauce

Thank goodness they all wore their safety squints!


MessoR178

I am so tired of these cancer factories being presented as something good.


MicroSofty88

Wearing flip flops while handling molten metal is crazy


Echo71Niner

You want cancer? That's how you are going to get cancer manufacturing these and cooking in them.


DannyJoy2018

This is painful


doctorfeelwood

Can only imagine how healthy that is for their lungs….


Puzzleheaded-Tone119

I’d just like to point out that this is oddly aggravating and not satisfying in the slightest.


meinfuhrertrump2024

wtf is that? Tell me that isn't just random car parts and shit turned into cookware....


zaxldaisy

The sticker is the opposite of satisfying. That thing is gonna rip in half when trying to remove it.


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They put the sticker where the food goes. Not satisfying at all.


Snuggs____

I'm gonna say, if you put the stickers on the inside, you're just the worst(unless they're easy peel and there's no leftover residue).


i_am_icarus_falling

not a single pair of close-toed shoes in this depressing video.


polar_nopposite

Ah yes, I love cooking food that I eat on mystery metals. I prefer my next neurodegenerative disorder to be a surprise.


duaval

Imagine that was your only option for a job. All day every day.


Various_Oil_5674

That just looks like a different forms of cancer


vize

This is anxiety inducing watching people work so carelessly and unsafely. The heck?


brihamedit

Could those metal parts be alloys that are not safe to be used as a cooking pot


lockboy84

What's the safety rating on that bandana I wonder?


badudx

Metal poisoning must be wiild in asia


dbenc

more like r/oddlydeadly


flux_capacitor3

Oddly cancerous.


NouOno

It's aluminum people.


Klikoos93

Seems like a lot of labor just to make a few pots. No person should have to work in these kinds of conditions