Crate and Barrel Vera Custard Cup / Ramekin: 79 ppm Lead on the food surface, safe by all standards.

Introduction

Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for contaminants including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic.

XRF Test results for the Crate and Barrel Vera custard cup / ramekin pictured here:

#1.) On the red decorative element

• Lead (Pb): 58 +/- 15 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 180 +/- 11 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 878 +/- 388 ppm
• Selenium (Se): 65 +- 13 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 150 +/- 17 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 468 +/- 42 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 67 +/- 31 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 1,083 +/- 123 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,573 +/- 220 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 1,092 +/- 241ppm
• Vanadium (V): 3,147 +/- 836 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 5,125 +/- 1,553 ppm

#2.) On the decorative green onion elements

• Lead (Pb): 64 +/- 11 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 5,872 +/- 273 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 32 +/- 13 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,805 +/- 39 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 117 +/- 13 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 74 +/- 32 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 823 +/- 45 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 129 +/- 28 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 2,806 +/- 149 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 3,702 +/- 210 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 2,831 +/- 271
• Indium (In): 24 +/- 8 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 2,655 +/- 191 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 7,215 +/- 375 ppm

#3.) On the plain white surface

• Lead (Pb): 79 +/- 11 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 5 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 144 +/- 13 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 73 +/- 30 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 186 +/- 22 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 58 +/- 24 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,793 +/- 148 ppm
• Indium (In): 29 +/- 7 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 230 +/- 62 ppm