Pioneer Woman Kari Pattern Dipping Bowl: As high as 2,299 ppm Lead

    

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Below are the XRF test results for the Pioneer Woman 
“Kari” Pattern (Blue) Dipping Bowl pictured here.

To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE.

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Exterior Flowers
(focused on the dark center of the dandelion-type flower, based on a minute-long reading):

• Lead (Pb): 2,299 +/- 81 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 23 +/- 9 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Arsenic (As): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Barium (Ba): 366 +/- 58 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 7,725 +/- 272 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Selenium (Se): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Tin (Sn): 574 +/- 29 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 19,200 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 91 +/- 42 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 835 +/- 115 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 4.694 +/- 300 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Vanadium (V): 691 +/- 74 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,326 +/- 120 ppm
• Indium (In): 30 +/- 12 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,977 +/- 62 ppm 
• Cobalt (Co): 9,480 +/- 380 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 1,439 +/- 308 ppm

To read more about Cadmium toxicity concerns, click here.

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Inside Light Blue of Bowl (image above)
(based on a one-minute reading):

• Lead (Pb): 240 +/- 25 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Mercury (Hg): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Arsenic (As): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Barium (Ba): 891 +/- 74 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Antimony (Sb): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Selenium (Se): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Zinc (Zn): 2,519 +/- 126 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 2,391 +/- 135 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Iron (Fe): 729 +/- 171 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 75 +/- 19 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 1,905 +/- 106 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 3,817 +/- 199 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 10,200 +/- 300 ppm

Black and White Logo on Bottom

Please see the other similar bowls as their bottom readings are just about the same as this one. To see the readings for this dipping bowl in other colors/ patterns (plus the readings for the black and white logo), click HERE.

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The amount of Lead considered toxic in an item manufactured and intended for children’s use is anything 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the glaze, paint, or coating. While these items are not marketed for use by children, with their bright colors and diminutive size, one could easily see how a parent might give them to their child to play with.

Given these are newly manufactured and likely leach tested, I do not have an immediate Lead poisoning concern with a dish like this, but I do have concerns for the impact of these levels of toxicants with potential long term use and heavy wear. I also have concerns that these toxicants (Lead and Cadmium) are being used as glaze ingredients at all. Click HERE to read more about these concerns.

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