XRF Test Results for L.L. Bean Dish (Made in China): 9,888 ppm Lead on the center of the food surface of the dish.

Published: May 24, 2022 (via TikTok)
XRF Test Results For The Dish Pictured

Reading #1) Back Mark (logo area) of the dish:

• Lead (Pb): 2,728 +/- 136 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Manganese (Mn): 652 +/- 292 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,346 +/- 235 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 1,278 +/- 173 ppm

Reading #2) Blue edge of dish:

• Lead (Pb): 51 +/- 16 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 29 +/- 9 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Cobalt (Co): 8,342 +/- 354 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,755 +/- 196 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 96 +/- 37 ppm

Reading #3) Center of food surface of dish – on white:

• Lead (Pb): 68 +/- 19 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 1,096 +/- 186 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 22,900 +/- 700 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 245 +/- 15 ppm

Reading #4) Center of food surface of dish – on blueberries:

• Lead (Pb): 9,888 +/- 197 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 804 +/- 103 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 4,731 +/- 171 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 43 +/- 21 ppm

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Background updated September 2022:

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. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. 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 and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.