Mud Pie 2005 First Tooth First Curl Baby Treasure Box Set: 6,598 ppm Lead

This is a collectable set of two small porcelain boxes intended to contain baby’s first tooth and baby’s first haircut. It is noted as being “Made in China” and looks like it may have been manufactured in 2005. While adorable… it is also very high lead. Please scroll down to see the full XRF test results and additional images of this product.

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Notable: This item had stickers on both the box and on the item itself warning that it is not a toy and is “For Decorative Use Only.”

I’ve always suspected that items like this would be high lead.

Please scroll down through all of the photos to see the exact XRF test results of this set of items.

First component tested: ceramic handle of brush (photo below):

• Lead (Pb): 4,897 +/- 133 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Barium (Ba): 139 +/- 50 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se): Negative / Non-Detect
• Zinc (Zn): 13,200 +/- 400 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,465 +/- 178 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 58 +/- 26 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 593 +/- 62 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,446 +/- 114 ppm

Second component tested: yellow ceramic bristles of brush (photo below):

• Lead (Pb): 3,763 +/- 122 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 20 +/- 9 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Barium (Ba): 290 +/- 63 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se): Negative / Non-Detect
• Zinc (Zn): 15,000 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 89 +/- 43 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,589 +/- 250 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 64 +/- 28 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 1,071 +/- 90 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 2,404 +/- 167 ppm
• Palladium (Pd): 13 +/- 5 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 5,312 +/- 163 ppm

Metal Clasp / Hinge Area (photos below):

• Lead (Pb): 390 +/- 154 ppm (may be just background from the ceramic)
• Zinc (Zn): 466,200 +/- 3,200 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 477,700 +/- 3,100 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 50,100 +/- 900 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 1,764 +/- 187 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 1,029 +/- 125 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 847 +/- 190 ppm
  • Metals not listed here were not detected.

Logo area on back of toothpaste tube (photo below):

• Lead (Pb): 6,598 +/- 232 ppm
• Other results similar to above.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama