Wednesday – August 10, 2022
XRF test results for the glass bowl pictured.
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 24 +/- 9 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 5 ppm
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): 280 +/- 32 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 2,079 +/- 306 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Copper (Cu): 166 +/- 31 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 68 +/- 16 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 36,200 +/- 900 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 367 +/- 13 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 4,662 +/- 282 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 319 +/- 82 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. 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.
Thank you Tamara. FYI for others who may come across this link, these are the bowls from IKEA
You are the best, Tamara! I was wondering about these glass bowls and sure enough I looked them up on your website and you are on top of it and had already tested them! You’ve saved me time and time again from buying items with lead. Even these are safe by all standards, I go with the white glass bowls from IKEA (the other ones you tested) because they are totally lead free. Thank you for keeping my family safe!
Thank you!