Ceramic teapot lid, no mark or maker noted (vintage): 39 ppm Lead in the glaze (safe by all standards.)

Here’s the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to (or have possibly “stumbled upon”) my work – while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research:

Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, 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). All test results reported here on LeadSafeMama.com are science-based, accurate and replicable. To read more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this blog, please click this link.

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Reading #1) teapot lid – top by handle
60-second reading
Safe by all standards 

• Lead (Pb): 39 +/- 4 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 3,160 +/- 80 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 157 +/- 26 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 265 +/- 15 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,210 +/- 24 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 6,178 +/- 61 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 10 +/- 3 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 142 +/- 13 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 123 +/- 15 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 81 +/- 5 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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Reading #2) teapot lid – food contact underside / rim
60-second reading
Safe by all standards 

• Lead (Pb): 23 +/- 4 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): 2 +/- 1 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 2,948 +/- 83 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 100 +/- 28 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 369 +/- 19 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 2,221 +/- 38 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 9,118 +/- 98 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 10 +/- 4 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 101 +/- 15 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 161 +/- 18 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 87 +/- 6 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

More details to be posted shortly.