Sakura Afternoon Tea At Home with Mary Engelbreit dish: 18,600 ppm Lead on the food surface (decorative edge.)

When tested with an XRF instrument the cup pictured here had the following readings:

On the white of the food surface of the dish:

• Zirconium (Zr): 18,100 +/- 500 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 36 +/- 17 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 234 +/- 98 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 17,600 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 433 +/- 57 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 584 +/- 159 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 202 +/- 77 ppm

On light blue decorative tea pot

• Lead (Pb): 15,900 +/- 600 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 530 +/- 35 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 3,128 +/- 234 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 12,900 +/- 500 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 320 +/-147 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 13,100 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Co): 181 +/- 56 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 2,088 +/- 224 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 4,903 +/- 391 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 989 +/- 125 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,566 +/- 188 ppm

On a yellow decorative tea pot (with vertical stripes)
– other colors tested similarly

• Lead (Pb): 18,600 +/- 700 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 977 +/- 66 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 186 +/- 74 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 953 +/- 175 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 15,300 +/- 600 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 505 +/-176 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 13,200 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Co): 191 +/- 64 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 454 +/- 140 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,195 +/- 255 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 1,907 +/- 191 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 2,046 +/- 238 ppm

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama