2018 Dollar Store Christmas Wine Glass by Greenbrier International: 1,299 ppm Cadmium

 

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2018 Dollar Store Christmas Theme Wine Glass by Greenbrier International, Inc.
Made in the U.S.A.

For exact XRF test results, scroll down.

To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE.

I was really surprised that this was 100% Lead-free, but not surprised that it tested positive for a high level of Cadmium.

Related: What exactly is Cadmium and why should I be concerned about it? Click HERE.

People often express concern for products from the Dollar (type) stores (Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Dollar General, 99cent Store) and usually I explain to them that BECAUSE they were cited for significant Lead-violations years ago, in my experience, their stuff has become much safer (at least from a Lead perspective).

Time will tell (and by that I mean like the next week or so because earlier this week I spent $46 at the Dollar Store on potentially “suspect” items to test for you all and there are a few more examples in there that I just cannot imagine will be both Lead and Cadmium-free).

To see more items from Dollar Tree Stores I have tested already, click HERE.

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For this particular Christmas-themed holly berry wine glass, all colors were tested, as well as the clear glass. The three sets of results are listed below (tests are for the presence of metals when tested with an XRF instrument):

All tests were completed for at least 60 seconds.

Test set one (with a focus on the red berries):

• Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cadmium (Cd): 1,299 +/- 36 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se): 896 +/- 38 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 291 +/- 138 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 5,702 +/- 168 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 20,400 +/- 300 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 242 +/- 37 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 33 +/- 13 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 173 +/- 32 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 59 +/- 12 ppm
• Vanadium (V): Negative / Non-Detect
• Titanium (Ti): 659 +/- 243 ppm

To see more wine glasses I have tested, click HERE.

Test set two (focusing on green leaves):

• Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cadmium (Cd): 242 +/- 18 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se):  175 +/- 27 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 350 +/- 131 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 8,291 +/- 188 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 21,300 +/- 300 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 792 +/- 45 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 129 +/- 30 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 42 +/- 11 ppm
• Vanadium (V): Negative / Non-Detect
• Titanium (Ti): 533 +/- 222 ppm

Test set three (on the clear part of the glass):

• Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se):  Negative / Non-Detect
• Barium (Ba): Negative / Non-Detect
• Copper (Cu): Negative / Non-Detect
• Iron (Fe): Negative / Non-Detect
• Vanadium (V): 77 +/- 18 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 58 +/- 20 ppm

As always, please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you for reading and for sharing these results!

If you want to donate to help fund this kind of testing (where we buy stuff new at a store to test), you can “Chip-In” (via PayPal or with a credit card) by clicking HERE or you can contribute on our GoFundME (LINKED here). As an example, this Dollar Store trip cost me about $60, including the stuff and the transportation, not including the cost of testing and childcare.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

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For those new to this website:

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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (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. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).

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