OXO GoodGrips Silicone Spatula: 27 ppm Lead (in the black rubberized handle.) Considered safe by all standards.

Originally Published: July 13, 2018
Updated: March 6, 2020

OXO GoodGrips Silicone Flexible Turner Spatula

This new (in 2018) OXO GoodGrips Silicone Flexible Turner Spatula is lead free in the spatula blade and metal part of the handle when tested with an XRF instrument. It was also negative (ND/ Non-Detect) for cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg).

The rubberized (black) part of the handle is positive for trace lead at 27 +/- 7 ppm. Multiple one-minute tests were done to confirm this result.

This is fairly usual for these OXO pieces, testing positive for trace level of lead (and sometimes also cadmium) in the rubberized components.  Even though this is a level that is considered safe by all standards, I have stopped buying these for my home.

To see more OXO pieces I have tested, click here.

Here is my affiliate link* to this product on Amazon
(in case you are curious about it!)

Here are the XRF readings for the components:

Spatula Blade / End:

• Barium (Ba): 774 +/- 180 ppm
• Chromum (Cr): 128 +/- 81 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 160 +/- 17 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 25 +/- 15 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 99 +/- 34 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 10 +/- 6 ppm

Metal Part of Handle:

• Chromium (Cr): 183,600 +/- 1,600 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 79,200 +/- 1,700 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 720,000 +/- 2,800 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 947 +/- 445 ppm
• Magnesium (Mn): 11,900 +/- 1,200 ppm

Rubberized Part of Handle:

• Lead (Pb): 27 +/- 7 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 363 +/- 215 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 15 +/- 3 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 122 +/- 35 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 317 +/- 22 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 78 +/- 33 ppm

As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them personally.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

*If you purchase something after clicking on one of my affiliate links I may receive a small percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you.  I do not recommend purchasing anything from this brand.