Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an 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 metallic contaminants – including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic.
Stay Safe Out There!
A quick note from Tamara
Hey readers – I hope you are staying well out there with all that is going on in the world right now. I’m hanging out mostly at home with my children – and have been doing so for more than three months now (since March 2nd.) Each of my three youngest sons (I have four sons total!) have compromised immune systems (which manifests in different ways for each of them), due to having been Lead-poisoned as babies.
In between kid-wrangling I am working hard to publish literally HUNDREDS of new posts (with test results for various consumer goods I have tested over the past couple of years, but have not yet had a moment to report on!). These posts have created a backlog in my system for more than a year now – and it’s actually nice to have a *break* with some time to catch up! To make this happen as quickly as possible, I am (as with this post) 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!]
For those new to my website, please check out the menu in the header of the website for more information about how I test things (and my background, etc.) On each post you can also click on any of the keyword tabs at the top of the post to find more items in that category. Here’s the post discussing the type of testing I do, and the specific instrument I use to detect, analyze and confirm metals content, and ultimately produce the resultant data for each item reported here – link.
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.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts!
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Tan interior of bowl
- Bismuth (Bi): 40 +/- 21 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 775 +/- 74 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 7,853 +/- 412 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,189 +/- 292 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 2,804 +/- 263 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,910 +/- 499 ppm
Brown edge of bowl
- Barium (Ba): 845 +/- 86 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 13,200 +/- 700 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 4,692 +/- 541 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 776 +/- 148 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,810 +/- 206 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 3,849 +/- 381 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 1,916 +/- 98 ppm
Gray exterior of bowl
- Barium (Ba): 747 +/- 74 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 10,300 +/- 500 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,991 +/- 340 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 2,473 +/- 233 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,402 +/- 449 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 2,320 +/- 104 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 302 +/- 151 ppm
Tamara, there are some turquoise swirl dishes nearly identical to these at my local dollar tree. Same brand. The turquoise glaze is on the outside of the bowls but all over the plates. I’m going through a divorce and in need of cheap dinnerware. I’d like to buy these. The color you tested isn’t at my local dollar trees and one thing I’ve learned from your site is different colors have different chemical breakdowns. Would it be possible for you to test the turquoise ones? Could I purchase a few and send them to you before I purchase a whole set? Thank you for your time and consideration.
Hello! I just discovered this website. It’s a godsend. I had the same question as the previous lady about these same plates but in turquoise. I have those plates and are the only ones I can use right now because I discovered through your website that my vintage Corelle plates all have lead. So until I can purchase new plates, I wanted to know if the Dollar Tree ones I have are also toxic. Thank you!