Things From Canada – Portmeirion Eden Fruits Ceramic Mug: 200 ppm Lead + 223 ppm Cadmium.

When tested with an XRF instrument this newer Portmeirion Eden Fruits pattern mug (sent to me by a reader in Canada) had the following readings:

On a part with primarily green glaze:

• Lead (Pb): 197 +/- 22 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 326 +/- 57 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 11,300 +/- 800 ppm
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

On a part with primarily red glaze:

• Lead (Pb): 187 +/- 35 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 223 +/- 31 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 3,389 +/- 315 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 2,154 +/- 207 ppm
• Selenium (Se): 263 +/- 33 ppm

On a part with just the white base glaze:

• Lead (Pb): 200 +/- 21 ppm
• Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): 548 +/- 55 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

PLEASE NOTE:

Most Portmeirion pieces I have tested have been very high Lead, even those made fairly recently – in the past 10 or 20 years. Click here to see more Portmeirion pieces I have tested.

All tests were done for a minimum of 30 seconds each – using a freshly calibrated Niton XRF instrument (an XL3T XRF testing in “consumer goods” mode). Tests were repeated multiple times on each component to confirm the results. All test results reported on this blog are science-based, accurate and replicable.

To see more mugs I have tested (and there are hundreds examples of mugs I have tested up on the site) – click here.

For Lead-free mug choices, click here.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama