Newer Pyrex (Made In Germany) No. 1399 lab ware glass "water bottle": 19,200 ppm Lead in the white painted markings on the outside of the bottle.

Introduction:

Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. 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 metallic toxicants (including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic). To read more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this blog, please click this link.

Swab on the right is light pink from testing this bottle, even though it is over 19,000 ppm Lead. I posted two videos on YouTube about this bottle too (each video is under three minutes long & discusses the specific concerns.)

Video #1

Video #2

Full XRF Test Results For The Pyrex Bottle Pictured

Test #1) Orange plastic lid to water bottle
30-second test

Lead (Pb): Non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect
Mercury (Hg): Non-detect
Bromine (Br): Non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 343 +/- 39 ppm
Iron (Fe): 26 +/- 13 ppm
Copper (Cu): 13 +/- 9 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 42 +/- 5 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 3,526 +/- 188 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 271 +/- 13 ppm
Barium (Ba(: 118 +/- 55 ppm

Test #2) Plain glass of water bottle
60-second test

Lead (Pb): Non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 2 ppm
Mercury (Hg): Non-detect
Bromine (Br): Non-detect
Chromium (Cr): Non-detect
Iron (Fe): 132 +/- 37 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 665 +/- 9 ppm
Nb: 354 +/- 8 ppm
Indium (In): 14 +/- 3 ppm
Tin (Sn): 12 +/- 3 ppm

Test #3) Paint on glass of water bottle
60-second test

Lead (Pb): 19,200 +/- 200 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 217 +/- 5 ppm
Mercury (Hg): 53 +/- 9 ppm
Bromine (Br): Non-detect
Chromium (Cr): Non-detect
Titanium (Ti): 26,500 +/- 600 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 881 +/- 12 ppm
Nb: 221 +/- 8 ppm
Indium (In): 14 +/- 3 ppm
Platinum (Pt): 333 +/- 32 ppm

All test results reported on this blog are science-based, accurate and replicable. Testing on each component is done multiple times to confirm the results found before the results are reported. With Lead-free paints available to industry it is our opinion that there is no excuse for modern products to continue to be painted with high Lead paint (regardless of the application or intended functional use of that product.)