Vintage (c. 1990s) Rubbermaid plastic container with yellow lid: 577 ppm Lead + 27 ppm Cadmium + 76 ppm Arsenic.

When tested with an XRF Instrument the Rubbermaid container pictured here had the following readings (scroll down for additional image of this food storage bowl):

In the yellow component of the lid:

• Lead (Pb): 577 +/- 32 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 14 ppm
• Arsenic (As): 76 +/- 24 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 396 +/- 157 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 316 +/- 56 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 70 +/- 31 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 2,756 +/- 182 ppm

In the clear components of the lid:

• Selenium (Se): 42 +/- 10 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 3,864 +/- 80 ppm

In the clearish yellow of the bowl:

• Gold (Au): 15 +/- 9 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 28 +/- 9 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 46 +/- 14 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 66 +/- 24 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 322 +/- 175 ppm

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Tamara Rubin
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