Bunnykins vintage (1970s?) ceramic dish set.
Tested positive with an XRF for 73,800 parts per million lead.
Learn more about XRF instruments and XRF testing here and here.
If this were sold today (with this level of lead) it would be considered highly illegal because it is a dishware set sold specifically to be used by young children and it is positive for more than 90 ppm Lead in the glaze or coating.
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Tamara Rubin
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Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times, to confirm the test results for each component tested and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
I have these and my little one has been using them! Thank you so much for your post and your work. Going to replace this right away.
We have this set, purchased in England when we were living there in the late ’70s. Thankfully, I only used it once to feed our son. Whenever I have looked at it, I would wish I had used it more, but now I am very grateful that I didn’t. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.