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Don't hit people over the head with them, and if you manage to break one don't chew the pieces.

Why would Corning manufacture unsafe dinnerware?

I don't know what you mean by safe? But I have Corelle bowls, and I think they're great. I have heard Corelle won't chip... but it will shatter. I've never had an issue with either happening.

Their dinnerware used to have lead in bowls many years ago

Do you have a source to verify that?

I doubt that it was even the case, and definitely is not the case. The material has to be approved for direct food contact by the FDA.

I can testify that it can shatter into a zillion sharp pieces if dropped onto a tile floor. I don't believe anything else would break it.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/30/corelle-responds-to-viral-post-about-its-vintage-dishware-lead-exposure/

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/30/corelle-responds-to-viral-post-about-its-vintage-dishware-lead-exposure/

Even that's unlucky. I use nothing but Corelle bowls and plates for daily use and have dropped them on tile a lot, and even on a concrete patio. Only one I've broken was dropped on said patio and it hit an uneven piece. It asploded as you described.

This explains some things…

Check out the comments the source is there, apparently fda has approved many dangerous things before

The article is a farcical source at best.

I had a piece of Corelle break a few years ago. It absolutely SHATTERED into a million sharp shards. It was so hard to clean up, and I got rid of the rest that I had around because it was such a pain.

Corelle and Fiesta both are

"Lead Free Mama" on FB and web has endless deets.

Before 2005 . Almost 20 years ago. Your post says "produced recently". What does "recent" mean to you?

The white ones are lead and cadmium free.

Well, that doesn't sound sketchy at all

I’ve had them chip. I was using them in my camper van for like 6 years and the road rattling eventually got a couple to chip.

I had one bought in 2013 break a few months ago. I used it every day and heated it in the microwave for 30 seconds daily or twice daily. It broke directly in half after one last turn in the microwave. I bought its exact copy at Walmart a few days later. They are safe and strong as hell. Spring for their Vitrelle styles if you can.

Drop one of those and you will shards of “invisible “ glass to hunt down and clean up over unimaginable distances.

Eating a plate is a bad idea. You should not eat any plate.

If a plate breaks, or chips, you should not eat any of the fragments of the plate, the food that was on the plate when it broke, or continue using the plate. You should clean it up, put the fragments in a sealed plastic bag, and put it in an outdoor trash can as soon as you can.

My guess is that a Corelle plate is more likely to meet US standards for plate safety at time of manufacture than any brand of imported plates. My guess is that even a pre-2005 Correlle plate is less likely to be problematic than an inexpensive plate manufactured and imported in the last 6 months.

If you are concerned about lead in your dishes, buy new, high quality, Ameican made dishes, make sure to inspect your dishes before use and stop using anything that has a chip, a crack, or that the glazing has any change in appearance, and make sure the plate has no metallic looking decorations. Do not buy or use cheap plates, or expensive, decorative plates.

If you do break a plate, do not eat the food that was on the plate, or near the plate when it broke. If you can ventilate the area, do so. (Turn on an exhaust fan, open a window.) If you happen to have an N-95 mask handy, go ahead and wear it while you are cleaning up the mess. Use a wet paper towel to pick up the plate pieces, and another one to wipe down the area where the plate was. Put the plate fragments, any nearby food, and the paper towels that you used to clean up in a plastic bag, seal it, and take it out to an outdoor trash can as soon as you finish up cleaning. Wash your hands with soap and water, and be sure to scrub thoroughly, including under your nails. Have people avoid the area where the plate was broken until the air has had a chance to be vented.

Now, my bet is someone is going to say that this cleanup plan is unrealistic and silly, and is overkill. They will have a point, but... the question is understanding the risk and deciding what is right for you. And that is the entire point of the question, now isn’t it?

I’m going to keep eating off of vintage Corelle, and even more stupidly, cheap imported third world country plates. Been doing it for decades. That is a small risk, since I live in a pre-70’s house, on a pre-70’s street, near industrial areas, in a region where coal is used to generate electricity. But yeah, I am going to wipe down the area where that plate breaks and take out the trash and wash my hands, and open a window.

There's numerous sources on this. Google can be used to research things.

From my understanding, it's the paint (for printed designs) that is more likely to contain lead. If you get one without any designs, you should be good. You can also buy test strips to verify if you're concerned.

I'm not the OP

Before 2005 . Almost 20 years ago. Your post says "produced recently". What does "recent" mean to you?

Sounds like a MLM trap.

My mom once dropped a stack of them by accident, and it was a real pain! But she replaced them with more white Corelle dishes. I use the shallow dinner bowls. They're great!

Came here to say this. I purchased them as an allegedly safe alternative to porcelain plates / bowels so if they get thrown / dropped they won’t be as dangerous. Wrong! The shards seem thinner and sharper that normal porcelain.