Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this tin tea set at a museum's gift shop (but without the case) and thought it was cute. But after a LEAD scare, I figured I would review it here to help out others. I have 2 year old boy/girl twins. And they both love playing with this set. I took away the little tea pot lid because it doesn't sit securely (and I figured it would get lost) - but other than that this set has been great! The set has been a good purchase and I am happy I bought it! The problem is that my kids put the spout of the tea pot in their mouth and I noticed that some of the paint was missing because they had scratched it off with their teeth. This set is made in China (with different health restrictions). And then I saw other Amazon reviews mentioning that lead used in the product. Of course this got me worried! So I did some research. Here is what I learned. Some Schylling products used to have lead. In 2001-2003 they made children's products that contained lead. They were recalled in 2007. I don't know if this tea set was one of the recalled products - but it certainly made me nervous. But upon further investigation I found this: http://www.healthystuff.org/departments/toys/product.details.php?getrecno=1352 To summarize, HealthyStuff.org tested the tea set and found ZERO lead (or arsenic, or cadmium, or mercury, etc). And they labeled this product 'safe'! And just for kicks, I had a 3M Lead Testing Kit (that I bought to use on another toy that I had learned had lead), I used the kit on the Schylling tea set I bought, and it had no lead! Given that my kids have ingested a bit of the paint, that makes me feel MUCH better! I hope this helps you too! UPDATE (Oct. 2015): Every once in a while I confirm that the link to the Healthy Stuff website is still working. However, the last time I checked, the link to that part of the website had been removed. I contacted the company and they said they would look into why the link did not function, but I have not heard back from them. I still think the tea set is "safe" and I am still letting my kids play with it because I don't believe the contents of the tea set have changed or anything is different. But in the interest of being as 'thorough as possible', I thought I should put a note that the link may not be active.