Introduction (for those new to this website):
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, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using 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. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023.
Reading #1) White painted area on the glass
60-second reading:
Reading #1) White painted area on the glass- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 4 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 181 +/- 84 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 36 +/- 20 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 33 +/- 12 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 78,900 +/- 2,100 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 593 +/- 16 ppm
- Niobium (Nb): 302 +/- 16 ppm
- Indium (In): 13 +/- 6 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 12 +/- 7 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 44 +/- 26 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Unpainted area on the glass
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 4 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Vanadium (V): 1,667 +/- 554 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 290 +/- 96 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 32 +/- 12 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 591 +/- 16 ppm
- Niobium (Nb): 363 +/- 17 ppm
- Indium (In): 16 +/- 6 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Clear plastic top cap
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 114 +/- 28 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 531 +/- 269 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 207 +/- 130 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) White plastic collar
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 82 +/- 19 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 68 +/- 6 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 2,478 +/- 246 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #5) Clear silicone nipple
60-second reading:
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): 618 +/- 233 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Hi I saw there are high levels of CD for the Evenflo glass bottle with the grey markings on the outside. What would be the best glass bottle you recommend for breastfed baby ?
I am running into same issue. I wish I could find a glass bottle with wide neck made with no paint
Can you look into lactationhub.com. They made their own glass bottles and say lead free paint in the description.
These evenflow bottles have been approved as good bottles for breastfed babies by a lactation consultant