Test Results Published: July 13, 2020
Updated: September 2022
When tested with an XRF Instrument the 1976 Bunnykins bowl pictured here had the following readings:
On center of food surface of bowl (decorative design):
- Lead (Pb): 59,000 +/- 2,400 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 36 +/- 14 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 475 +/- 126 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 155 +/- 31 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 1,566 +/- 119 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 5,162 +/- 448 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 470 +/- 120 ppm
On cream colored edge of center of food surface of bowl:
- Lead (Pb): 50,000 +/- 1,900 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 156 +/- 75 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 142 +/- 40 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,321 +/- 247 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 475 +/- 119 ppm
- No other metals detected.
Some additional reading that may be of interest:
- More Bunnykins products I have tested.
- More Royal Doulton products I have tested.
- More baby cups I have tested.
- My post about the testing I do and report here on this blog.
Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
Owner – Lead Safe Mama, LLC
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. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. 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. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. Tamara uses 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 tested and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
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