#AskTamara: Do my Waechtersbach nesting bowls have heavy metals (like Lead and Cadmium) in the glaze?

    

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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).

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Question:

Do my Waechtersbach ceramic nesting bowls (purchased at Williams Sonoma) have toxicants like Lead and cadmium in the glaze? Short answer: Yes, probably! Please scroll down below the first couple of images for more details.

Below is a photo of the exact 7-bowl set I tested:

• Waechtersbach Nesting Bowl set
• Purchased at Williams Sonoma in 2009
• Made in Germany

Click on each of the colored words below to see the exact XRF readings for that color bowl in the above pictured set:

• Purple
• Teal
• Blue
• Yellow
• Green
• Orange
• Red

Some additional information for those interested:

• To see more pieces by Waechtersbach Lead Safe Mama has tested, click here.
• To learn more about XRF testing, click here.
• To read more about my concern for Lead in pottery and dishware, click here.
• For curiosity’s sake only (not to purchase them!), so that you can see more pieces from this brand on Amazon, click here.*

As always, thank you for reading and sharing these results.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

*Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on one of these links, Lead Safe Mama, LLC may receive a small percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you. WHILE I DON’T WANT YOU TO BUY PRODUCTS FROM THIS PARTICULAR BRAND, I do encourage you to click on the Amazon link to see the other pieces from this brand that you might want to AVOID. Thank you for supporting our advocacy work in this way!