Brown ceramic stoneware glazed dish (no brand or maker’s mark): 82 ppm Lead on the food surface.

XRF test results for the item pictured.
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Brown dish food surface 
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 82 +/- 5 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 218 +/- 97 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 35,900 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 62 +/- 11  ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,006 +/- 23  ppm
• Tin (Sn): 39 +/- 3 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 954 +/- 18 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 32 +/- 4 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Brown dish back surface
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 139 +/- 7 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 187 +/- 95 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 36,900 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 60 +/- 11  ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,139 +/- 24  ppm
• Tin (Sn): 20 +/- 3 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,045 +/- 19 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 24 +/- 4 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Brown dish unpainted edge on back
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 125 +/- 6 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 435 +/- 113 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 13,200 +/- 200 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 39 +/- 11  ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 891 +/- 22  ppm
• Tin (Sn): 17 +/- 3 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 513 +/- 15 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 35 +/- 4 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. 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. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate and replicable. Items are tested multiple times to confirm the test results for each component tested. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.