Apilco white porcelain plate, made in France: 90 ppm Lead – safe by all standards. Please click for details.
Posted: Saturday, March 14, 2020
Posted: Saturday, March 14, 2020Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a scientific method used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for contaminants including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic. [bio link]
Apilco White Porcelain Plate
The full test results of the dish pictured are below (so please scroll down). Here are links to some additional reading that may be of interest based on your interest in the test results of this dish:
- Click here to see more white glazed ceramics items that I have tested.
- Click here to read more about the concern for Lead in dishes and pottery.
- Click here to see more items from this brand that I have tested (there are none now, but hopefully there will be shortly!
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I am working hard to get through literally HUNDREDS of posts that have created a backlog in my system for more than a year now. To make this happen, I am simply posting the images and the test results – without a lot of additional information. [Do not worry — I will continue to update them with more information as I get caught up and begin to have the time!]
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Please Note: Test results reported below are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Test results reported here are from tests that were done for a minimum of 60 seconds each, and repeated multiple times, to confirm the results. As with all the testing reported here on my blog, a freshly-calibrated high-precision XRF instrument testing in Consumer Goods mode was used to test the item pictured here.
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Test results for the Apilco brand porcelain plate (made in France) pictured on this post:
Front of plate – food surface:
- Lead (Pb): 79 +/- 15 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 41 +/- 11 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 265 +/- 34 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 103 +/- 37 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 2,102 +/- 225 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 126 +/- 36 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 319 +/- 58 ppm
Back side of plate:
- Lead (Pb): 88 +/- 25 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 33 +/- 18 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 253 +/- 55 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,927 +/- 348 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 103 +/- 48 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 291 +/- 80 ppm
Unglazed Rim of plate:
- Lead (Pb): 90 +/- 16 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 66 +/- 14 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 296 +/- 36 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 2,683 +/- 255 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 186 +/- 45 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 790 +/- 94 ppm
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What year is the Apilco plate from? Thanks!
Hi there,
Sorry – I don’t have that information. I assume it is newer.
Tamara
We just purchased eight 5-piece settings from Williams Sonoma in this design about 3 weeks ago. The design is called Apilco Tradition from France. We wanted to be as plain, simple but elegant as possible when selecting this set. So I’m a little disappointed to know it’s not completely lead-free but guess it’s good to know it’s at least “safe by all standards”. Just wish I could have known this before purchasing.
Hi KL, yes – new dishware from Williams Sonoma that is not decorated with bright colors is likely to be either Lead-free or Lead-safe. They have also likely done leach testing on these dishes to confirm they don’t leach lead above acceptable regulatory limits established in the United States. That said, I have been doing some consulting for a legal firm that is considering suing several major brands for false advertising (or for lack of full disclosure when it comes to lead in their products) and Williams Sonoma is on the list of those companies that have sold a lot of high lead products (without full disclosure to the customer) and may be included in this suit. I will never shop there again (although I did register there for my wedding to my ex-husband in 1994!)
Tamara
Is the Aplico Zen collection lead free? Thanks.
Starting in what year did Alpilco start meeting lead safe levels? (Mine from 2007). Thanks!
Dear Tamara,
Could you please test the Alpilco Tradition Blue-banded dishes? These were my wedding set, and I’m considering investing in a lot of replacement pieces, but I want to make sure they’re safe for our kiddos.
Thank you so much!!
Earecka