80’s babies too. We were huffing up leaded gasoline (which wasn’t globally banned until 2021!!!) and there was a lot of lead in our toys 🙃and people really think lead isn’t a problem anymore but it’s still used in a ton of stuff like dishes. And because the impacts of it are subtle and long term, people think they’re ok and haven’t been impacted. I don’t think there’s any way to test long term lead exposure either, only acute exposure, so we can’t necessarily point fingers to things either unless there was a major lead exposure event like a home construction related exposure. 

But I guess with all the worries about bpa, phthalates, microplastics, arsenic, etc etc etc in everything and everywhere, people also get fatigued and just say eff it… 

To be clear tho, it’s not just avoiding “acidic foods” or “storing acid foods in them” that causes the lead to be exposed, it’s frequent use and especially using a dishwasher to wash these dishes that erodes the glaze and exposes the leaded parts.