222 Fifth Mug by PTS International – Les Etoiles Crown: positive for Arsenic, Lead and Cadmium on the logo markings of the mug.
Saturday – October 10, 2020
Writing to you today from a cabin on a lake in a forest in MAINE!
Saturday – October 10, 2020 In an effort to get caught up on a few things I am behind on – I am going to post a handful of posts today with just the XRF readings for that item. IF you have additional questions about the item, please let me know. If you want to know more about the implications of any test results reported OR about the testing methodology I employ – please look through the posts in the menu (which is at the top of each page of the website and has posts that cover all aspects of what I do!) Thanks for being here!
Logo area on the bottom of the mug:
30-second readings (or longer)
- Lead (Pb): 7,967 +/- 444 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 304 +/- 67 ppm
- Arsenic (As): 1,176 +/- 219 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 1,472 +/- 576 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 1,815 +/- 443 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 1,967 +/- 159 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 447 +/- 87 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 3,505 +/- 341 ppm
Interior unpainted surface of the mug:
- Barium (Ba): 3,625 +/- 530 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 3,155 +/- 160 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 400 +/- 130 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 110 +/- 30 ppm
Painted design on the exterior of the mug:
(reading on rim was similar)
- Barium (Ba): 2,669+/- 403 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 1,304 +/- 298 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 3,209 +/- 134 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 91 +/- 40 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 2,374 +/- 185 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 136 +/- 27 ppm
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Additional images of the item are below
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Tamara,
You did not get back to me on my last question. Hopefully you can at least answer this one.
Would the logo area on the bottom of the mug pose a problem for the user? Would putting it in the dishwasher or sink cause some issue? Or is the logo containing lead just a strange but non-issue?
Thank you,
Barbara
Hi Barbara – sorry – I cannot get to every question… there can be hundreds on some days! Here’s a post that answers that question:
https://tamararubin.com/2020/07/if-the-lead-is-only-on-the-outside-of-my-dish-measuring-cup-mixing-bowl-etc-why-does-it-matter-that-it-has-lead/
Tamara
Thank you Tamara. The post is very helpful.
YW!