Big Bird Ceramic Child’s Mug: 15,100 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. Made in Japan
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Hi, I am wondering if you are testing the inside of mugs etc or just the decorations. If just the outside decorations they should still be safe?
Hi Marlene,
Thank you for commenting.
If it is not listed I did not test both surfaces. I have found many “plain white” mug surfaces to be high lead. Here is a good example: https://tamararubin.com/2019/08/portmeirion-the-botanic-garden-circa-1818-mug-1972-49700-ppm-lead-90-ppm-is-unsafe-cadmium-too/
A child touches the outside of the mug too – and if the decoration wears it wears into the cooking and cleaning environments in the kitchen – so “only on the outside” is not a distinction I tend to make. Lead is Lead and if it has Lead I don’t consider it to be safe. This particular mug would be illegal if sold today.
Tamara