how much lead when drinking from crystal

From: Archimedes Plutonium (a_plutonium_at_iw.net)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 02:26:03 -0500

The reason crystal is called crystal is because it has lead crystal
mixed with silicon.

I am not quite sure as to why or how the lead becomes transparent.
Anyone know the physics behind why lead, a metal can become transparent?
And can all metals become transparent when mixed with silicon?

But the question on my mind is the health question of how many atoms of
lead does one ingest when drinking from a crystal glass containing lead.
I suppose most people would say zero number of lead atoms gets into the
body. I however am skeptical of that claim and would hazard to guess
that a few atoms of lead are taken into the body whenever a person
drinks wine from a crystal glass.

Archimedes Plutonium
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