Unmarked Ceramic Pink Glazed Bowl with Honey Comb Pattern: 76 ppm Cadmium

This bowl does not have any mark or maker, sorry I don’t have more information about it. When tested with an XRF instrument it had the following readings…

Pink Glazed Exterior:
(Each test done for at least 60 seconds. Tests done multiple times to confirm any results where toxicants were present.)

• Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): 76 +/- 12 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,838 +/- 111 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
• Zinc (Zn): 10,400 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 356 +/- 61 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 905 +/- 192 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 3,523 +/- 177 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 7,127 +/- 347 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 12,000 +/- 400 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 200 +/- 91 ppm

Many red or pink (or even orange) glazed modern ceramics will test positive for some level of Cadmium, as the Cadmium is used for a colorant. To learn more about the concerns for Cadmium in dishware (and in consumer goods in general), Click HERE.

White Glazed Interior:

• Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 160 +/- 52 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
• Zinc (Zn): 28,400 +/- 700 ppm
• Copper (Cu): Non-Detect / Negative
• Iron (Fe): 768 +/- 140 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 55 +/- 27 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 91 +/- 36 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,601 +/- 50 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): Non-Detect / Negative

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama