Pioneer Woman Willow Pattern Dipping Bowl: As high as 1,858 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids)

    

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

To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE.

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Exterior flowers

(based on a one-minute reading):

• Lead (Pb): 1,858 +/- 76 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 230 +/- 17 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Arsenic (As): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Barium (Ba): 385 +/- 66 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 9,900 +/- 345 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Selenium (Se): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Tin (Sn): 47 +/- 19 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 18,200 +/- 600 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 320 +/- 56 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 288 +/- 81 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 3,145 +/- 271 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 63 +/- 25 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 814 +/- 74 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,144 +/- 105 ppm
• Indium (In): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Zirconium (Zr): 7,938 +/- 240 ppm 
• Cobalt (Co): 727 +/- 128 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)

To read more about Cadmium toxicity concerns, click here.

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Inside on the light blue section of the bowl (image above)
(based on a one-minute reading):

• Lead (Pb): 622 +/- 40 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Mercury (Hg): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Arsenic (As): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Barium (Ba): 1,029 +/- 81 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Antimony (Sb): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Selenium (Se): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Tin (Sn): 54 +/- 20 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 4,756 +/- 199 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 213 +/- 51 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): Negative /Non-Detect (nd)
• Iron (Fe): 831 +/- 182 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 72 +/- 21 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 1,787 +/- 109 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 3,571 +/- 202 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 11,100 +/- 300 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 762 +/-126 ppm

Black and white logo on bottom

Please see the following articles for other, similar bowls like this for the bottom reading (of the black and white logo), as their bottom readings are just about the same as this one. To see the readings for this dipping bowl in other colors/ other 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 that 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. I do, however, have concerns for the impact of these levels of toxicants with potential long-term use and heavy wear. I also have concerns about these toxicants (Lead and Cadmium) being used as glaze ingredients at all. Click HERE to read more about these concerns.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

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