Colorful blown glass drinking cup: 65 ppm Lead & 11 ppm Cadmium (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).
- Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a unique community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
- Since July 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for six product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
- All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
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On a blue part of the glass
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): 47 +/- 4 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 8 +/- 2 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 719 +/- 50 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 3,472 +/- 75 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 29 +/- 10 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 258 +/- 12 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 8 +/- 3 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
On a green part of the glass
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): 65 +/- 5 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd):11 +/- 2 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 3,330 +/- 170 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 2,350 +/- 75 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 43 +/- 11 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 642 +/- 18 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 8 +/- 3 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
On a clear part of the glass
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): 60 +/- 5 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 2 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 827 +/- 55 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 74 +/- 13 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 628 +/- 19 ppm
- Nb: 212 +/- 8 ppm
- Indium (In): 8 +/- 3 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 11 +/- 3 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
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