![Pioneer Woman Vintage Floral / Teal Dipping Bowl: as high as 6,140 ppm Lead [Context: 90 ppm is unsafe in kids' items.]](https://i1.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Vintage-Floral-Teal-Pattern-Pioneer-Woman-Small-Ceramic-Dipping-Bowl-Lead-Safe-Mama-3.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Pioneer Woman Vintage Floral / Teal Dipping Bowl: as high as 6,140 ppm Lead [Context: 90 ppm is unsafe in kids' items.]")
![Vintage Corelle By Corning Butterfly Pattern Glass Bowls: 23,300 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]](https://i0.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vintage-Corelle-Corning-Butterfly-Pattern-Bowl-Tamara-Rubin-Lead-Safe-Mama_3.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Vintage Corelle By Corning Butterfly Pattern Glass Bowls: 23,300 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]")
![Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup: 32,500 ppm Lead (in exterior markings). [90 ppm is unsafe in kids' items.]](https://i1.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1-cup-Anchor-Measuring-Cup-with-Lead-Paint-NH-3.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup: 32,500 ppm Lead (in exterior markings). [90 ppm is unsafe in kids' items.]")
I've been a mother for more than 23 years now. My first son was born in 1996 (and the youngest of my four sons just turned 11 in July). Ever since my children were small, I have had conditions for playdates [and then later, once my children were Lead-poisoned, my conditions became more numerous - ...
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More than one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) folks have read LeadSafeMama.com in the past 12 months!
The numbers in the image here are from the Google Analytics profile for this website this evening (August 20th), for stats from August 21, 2018 through August 20, 2019 - exactly one year. In this past 12 months this site has had 2,780,310 unique page views by 1,500,688 unique visitors.
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1974 Vintage Fisher Price Cash Register Toy: Lead? Cadmium? Arsenic? Results to be posted shortly!
Stand by for the XRF test results for this vintage 1974 Fisher Price cash register toy...Spoilers: the results aren't pretty (sorry)!This is a really good example of a very complex item.Components tested:1.) Green "Sale" Button2.) Yellow Money Button3.) Red Money ...
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Blue Willow Style Woods Burslem England Seaforth Bowl (Enoch 1784 & Ralph 1750): 44,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe)
When tested with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 44,200 +/- 1,100 ppm
Barium (Ba): 419 +/- 76 ppm
Tin (Sn): 277 +/- 27 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 81 +/- 26 ppm
Copper (Cu): 86 +/- 40
Iron (Fe): 1,417 +/- 191 ppm
Vanadium (V): 553 +/- 63 ...
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Portmeirion “The Botanic Garden Circa 1818” Coffee Mug, 1972: 49,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe) + Cadmium too.
I do not know the exact year of manufacture of this piece, however the markings indicated it was made in 1972 or later. It is a Portmeirion piece from the collection marked as "The Botanic Garden Circa 1818" and it also has the date "1972" on the bottom as well as the words "Susan Williams-Ellis", ...
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Vintage (year unknown) plastic Rubbermaid mug: Lead-free! If you know what year this was made, please let me know.
When tested with an XRF instrument the yellow plastic Rubbermaid brand mug pictured here was negative for all of the main toxicants I look for in my work: Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury and Antimony.If you know what year this was made (or if you purchased a similar mug and know what year you ...
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1969 Avon Milk Glass Charlie Brown Mug: 40,600 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 1,576 ppm Cadmium (40 is illegal)
Below are the full XRF readings (test results) for the vintage milk glass Avon branded Charlie Brown mug (from 1969!) pictured here.
Blue painted area of decorative elements (image above)
NOTE: areas of worn paint in image above!Lead (Pb): 39,900 +/- 900 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 503 +/- 26 ppm ...
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A random #LeadSafeMama Amazon affiliate link from me today….
Below is a random #LeadSafeMama Amazon affiliate link in case you are going to be shopping on Amazon in the near future. Click this link first (before you start your shopping) and I will get a percentage of what you spend (funds which support my advocacy work) at no extra cost to you. You don't ...
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When I am traveling I love to pick up vintage (Leaded?) finds to add to my museum and my blog! Can you help with this?
I took a couple of days "off" with my kids (at the forest and the beach)! And of course, along the way I stopped in at a thrift store or two, to see what vintage finds I might come across that would make a good addition to my book or my website. There are so many antique stores (and thrift stores) ...
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Lead Safe Mama is coming to Australia? Join “Australia Lead Safe Mamas” on Facebook to help coordinate a trip!
Join the Australia Lead Safe Mamas Facebook group to help Tamara coordinate a trip to Australia sometime in the next year or two!Over the past year or so I have become very present to the fact that I have more readers in Australia than in most other places on the planet! Per the Google Analytics ...
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Lead Safe Mama is coming to San Francisco – September 2019!
Above is my September 2019 San Francisco, California schedule (with my availability for home visits, outreach events or other consulting (or social!) opportunities!Please let me know if you are interested in hiring me or in getting together in September 2019 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thank ...
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Vintage Telephone. Remember these things? Did you ever chew the cord while chatting? 47,100 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe.]
How much Lead did this phone have exactly?
When tested with an XRF instrument, the vintage telephone (made in Holland) pictured here had the following readings:
The curly cord connecting the phone's handset to the base:Lead (Pb): 47,100 +/- 1,600 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 46 +/- 18 ppm
Mercury (Hg): ...
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