Things from Canada — David’s Tea Lavender Ceramic Mug: 453 ppm Lead (interior) + 86 ppm Cadmium (exterior)

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When tested with an XRF instrument, this David’s Tea Mug (sent to me from a reader in Canada in 2019) had the following readings:

On the exterior (lavender-colored) glazed surface of the mug
(a 30-second reading):

• Lead (Pb): 48 +/- 21 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 86 +/- 16 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 2,386 +/- 167 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

On the interior (white-colored) glazed surface of the mug
(30-second reading):

• Lead (Pb): 453 +/- 35 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 597 +/- 65 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

To see more mugs Lead Safe Mama has tested, click here.

To see more items from Canada we have tested, click here.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama