Things From Canada – Paderno stainless bowl with silicone base: Lead-Free, Cadmium-Free + safe by all standards.

When tested with an XRF instrument this Paderno stainless steel bowl with green silicone base (sent to me from a reader in Canada in 2019) had the following readings:

On the stainless component
(60+ second reading):

• Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
• Chromium (Cr): 155,400 +/- 1,100 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
• Copper (Cu): 947 +/- 438 ppm

On the silicone component
(60+ second reading):

• Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 572 +/- 174 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

Some additional related reading:

• To see more items from Canada that I have tested, click here.
• Here’s a post that discusses the components of stainless steel in greater detail.
• To see more stainless steel pieces I have tested, click here.
• To learn more about XRF testing, click here.

Test results reported on this blog are accurate, science-based and replicable. Components are tested multiple times to confirm the results and, when possible, one set of the testing results per component is reported here on the blog for each component of the item. Testing is done using a freshly calibrated XRF instrument in “Consumer Goods Mode.” 

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama