Small Blue Enamelware Camping Cup / Espresso Cup: 48 ppm Lead, 63 ppm Arsenic, 137 ppm Antimony – three neurotoxins.

The pictures of this cup demonstrate how it is a perfect example of what regularly eventually happens to enamel cups with normal use. In this instance the chipping of the enamel is happening both on the outside and the inside of the cup (similar to the red one posted earlier).

This cup (and it’s red partner) clearly demonstrates why, in my opinion, enamelware should really be avoided at all costs.

To see more enamelware items I have tested, click here.

When the cup pictured was tested with an XRF instrument it had the following readings:
(Mimium 60-second test. Multiple tests done to confirm levels.)

Bottom of Red Cup

• Lead (Pb): 48 +/- 10 ppm
• Arsenic (As) 63 +/- 10 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,763 +/- 137 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 1,491 +/- 131 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 137 +/- 31 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 3,886 +/- 83 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 157 +/- 32 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 380 +/- 28 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,161 +/- 73 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 55 +/- 11 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 16,400 +/- 600 ppm

The levels of Lead, Arsenic and Antimony are relatively low (compared to many other things I have tested) – but given the level of deterioration in this cup and the likelihood of it being used by a child, I would still put this in the “unsafe” category.

Instead of Enamelware for your camping trips, maybe try high quality stainless steel? or possibly Titanium? Check out some options on this link for Caveman Cups’ products.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama 

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