Ovenproof “Stetson Creation” vintage bowl w/ “hand painted underglaze”: 57,500 ppm Lead on the food surface. 90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF Instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings:
When tested with an XRF Instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings:Food surface of the bowl
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): 57,500 +/- 1,700 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 56 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 1,420 +/- 56 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 539 +/- 86 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 201 +/- 80 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 541 +/- 139 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 596 +/- 212 ppm
Thank you for reading and for sharing my post. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will do my best to answer them personally as soon as I have a moment.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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I found a serving plate at my parents house. I was wondering if you could get in touch with me so I could learn about it.
Thank you
Hi Patricia – here’s the link about participating in this work:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/08/tamara-can-i-send-you-one-of-my-dishes-to-test-for-lead/
Tamara
THats insane. How could this be so high(??)