Pillivuyt brand china piece (2 of 3) – casserole with solid handles: 21 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards).

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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).


Below you will find the XRF readings for metals found for the item pictured. All readings are done multiple times to confirm the results for each component before sharing one full set of the readings for the item pictured. Results are replicable, science-based and accurate.

For some additional background about this work, please read the following links:

  1. An article discussing the testing methodology used here on this website
  2. A menu with buttons for many of the different categories of information that can be found here on LeadSafeMama.com.
  3. A link to my documentary feature film on childhood Lead poisoning.
  4. The short video that shows you how to search this site.
  5. Items you can test at home with a LeadCheck swab.
  6. Items you really cannot test at home (items better tested with XRF technology)
  7. An article discussing some of the context for the concern of Lead in ceramics / dishware / pottery
  8. A piece discussing why you cannot (in most cases) test dishware yourself at home.

Reading #1.) Pillivut with solid handles – food surface
60-second reading

  • Lead (Pb): 21 +/- 3 ppm
  • Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
  • Mercury (Hg): non-detect
  • Bromine (Br): non-detect
  • Chromium (Cr): non-detect
  • Iron (Fe): 1,167 +/- 54 ppm
  • Copper (Cu): 40 +/- 10 ppm
  • Tin (Sn): 32 +/- 3 ppm
  • Barium (Ba): 154 +/- 12 ppm
  • Platinum (Pt): 28 +/- 11 ppm
  • Bismuth (Bi): 31 +/- 4 ppm
  • No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #2.) Pillivuyt with solid handles, unglazed back
60-second reading

  • Lead (Pb): 124 +/- 6 ppm
  • Cadmium (Cd):  3 +/- 2 ppm
  • Mercury (Hg): non-detect
  • Bromine (Br): non-detect
  • Chromium (Cr): non-detect
  • Iron (Fe): 4,430 +/- 92 ppm
  • Copper (Cu): 15 +/- 9 ppm
  • Zinc (Zn): 21 +/- 5 ppm
  • Tin (Sn): 32 +/- 3 ppm
  • Barium (Ba): 141 +/- 11 ppm
  • Platinum (Pt): 60 +/- 12 ppm
  • Bismuth (Bi): 41 +/- 4 ppm
  • No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #3.) Pillivuyt with solid handles, logo area on back
30-second reading:

  • Lead (Pb): 110 +/- 7 ppm
  • Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
  • Mercury (Hg): non-detect
  • Bromine (Br): non-detect
  • Chromium (Cr): 13,300 +/- 400 ppm
  • Iron (Fe): 4,233 +/- 120 ppm
  • Cobalt (Co): 225 +/- 39 ppm
  • Copper (Cu): 19 +/- 12 ppm
  • Zinc (Zn): 25 +/- 6 ppm
  • Zirconium (Zr): 307 +/- 7 ppm
  • Tin (Sn): 31 +/- 4 ppm
  • Barium (Ba): 138 +/- 15 ppm
  • Platinum (Pt): 43 +/- 15 ppm
  • Bismuth (Bi): 43 +/- 5 ppm
  • No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

Some additional reading that may be of interest:

  1. Here are some additional Pillivuyt pieces I have tested.
  2. Here’s our overview with other types of china I have tested.
  3. Here’s the “Made In France” category on the site.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and thank you for sharing this work.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

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