Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times, to confirm the test results for each component. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023.
Vintage enamelware toy teapot, 60-second test:
- Lead (Pb): 620,400 +/- 116,000 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 1,759 +/- 734 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 1,095 +/- 258 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 4,406 +/- 979 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 888 +/- 210 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 1,303 +/- 369 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 13,600 +/- 2,200 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 3,762 +/- 999 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 369 +/- 175 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 496 +/- 245 ppm
This piece is discussed in detail in the video linked here.
I will update this post shortly but just wanted to start by making sure the XRF readings were up online. Readings are science-based, replicable, and accurate. Each component of each piece reported here on the website has been tested multiple times to confirm the readings; one full set of readings (per component) is reported here on the site.
Thank you for reading and for sharing my articles!
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Can you tell me anything else about this piece? I found one of these at a flea market and bout it. When it was made, company, where I could get the lid, (mine didn’t have one)?
I don’t know anything about it… sorry! It was from a client in Chicago.
T
Thank you Tamara for all your research and sharing. I have health issues from a toxic level of stored lead and Mercury. In addition l am extremely sensitive to nickel, which causes neurological pain. I am sure l should change out my kitchen (pots, pans, dishes, maybe glassware). However l am not wanting to invest in lead free cookware only to discover it is not nickel free. Does any of your testing ever include nickel? Thank you.
Mitzi
Most of my testing includes Nickel test results too. Unfortunately many products sold as “nickel free” are just low nickel. I like this one (low nickel) but Ikea has some truly Nickel free options: https://tamararubin.com/2018/12/this-is-my-new-favorite-pan-and-thats-before-i-have-even-used-it-yet-lol/