Square “Paris” dish, Made in Italy – purchased at Home Goods: tested positive for both LEAD and CADMIUM on the food surface.

Saturday – October 10, 2020 
Writing to you today from a cabin on a lake in a forest in MAINE!

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!

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On food surface – black decorative elements:
60-second tests

• Lead (Pb): 5,067 +/- 152 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 19 +/- 6 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,266 +/- 60 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 13,900 +/- 900 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,974 +/- 56 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 15,200 +/- 400 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 1,737 +/- 123 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 3,785 +/- 223 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 12,200 +/- 500 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 18,000 +/- 900 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 5,442 +/- 549 ppm

On food surface – white only elements:

• Lead (Pb): 3,812 +/- 119 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,054 +/- 53 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,794 +/- 51 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 14,700 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 71 +/- 35 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 830 +/- 147 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 3,027 +/- 304 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 6,088 +/- 511 ppm

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Additional images of the item are below