Would you like some lead (or cadmium or arsenic) with that ice cream?
Vintage Ice Cream Scoop.
Metal: 28 ppm lead – considered safe by all standards.
Red Plastic Handle: 3,091 ppm cadmium / 26 ppm Arsenic.
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Most ice cream scoops I have tested (especially the vintage ones) have tested positive for at least some lead with an XRF.
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Do you consider 28 ppm of lead a safe measurement?
I don’t think there should be any lead at all in our cookware.