When tested with an XRF instrument the glaze on this Holiday Home InterAmerican Products (Made in China) “Traditional Tidings” Santa salad plate pictured here (purchased at a Fred Meyer’s in Portland, Oregon in 2019) had the following readings for metals:
Red of Santa’s sleigh – food surface:
- Lead (Pb): 3,168 +/- 116 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 442 +/- 27 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 612 +/- 77 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 392 +/- 102 ppm
- Selenium (Se): 540 +/- 39 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 1,675 +/- 108 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 475 +/- 70 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,215 +/- 218 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 64 +/- 27 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 953 +/- 75 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,967 +/- 137 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 9,932 +/- 317 ppm
- Platnium (Pt): 166 +/- 76 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 976 +/- 149 ppm
White background of plate – food surface:
- Lead (Pb): 79 +/- 14 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 393 +/- 47 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 308 +/- 36 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,370 +/- 177 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 78 +/- 13 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 2,180 +/- 114 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 4,594 +/- 221 ppm
Tests results are science-based and replicable. All tests are done for a minimum of 60 seconds unless otherwise noted. Tests are repeated multiple times to confirm the results, using a freshly calibrated XRF instrument testing in consumer goods mode. Metals not listed in above test results sets were not detected with testing done in “consumer goods mode”.
Dishes are exempt from the regulatory measures that would make this illegal if it were considered to be an “item intended for use for children” simply because this item is not being expressly sold and marketed as an item for use by children.
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Tamara Rubin
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If I bought similar plates, how can I get a refund?
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