2001 Wedgwood Traditions Heirloom Bone China, made in England: 69 ppm Lead (safe by all standards), Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free

XRF test results for plain white bone china Wedgwood Traditions Heirloom dish (made in England) pictured:

Reading #1) On the food surface of the dish
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 69 +/- 6 ppm (safe by all standards)
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 2,479 +/- 87 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 148 +/- 16 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 217 +/- 12 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 2,585 +/- 32 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 6 +/- 4  ppm
• Barium (Ba): 126 +/- 15 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 93 +/- 17 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 13 +/- 4 ppm
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #2) On the black logo/back mark of the dish
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 93 +/- 7 ppm [Safe by all standards.]
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 3,062 +/- 99 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 169 +/- 17 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 406 +/- 17 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 2,846 +/- 36 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 12 +/- 4  ppm
• Barium (Ba): 83 +/- 15 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 96 +/- 19 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 17 +/- 5 ppm
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (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). Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).