XRF Test Results for Mikasa Intaglio “Nature’s Song” China – Made in Malaysia: 17,500 ppm Lead on the food surface of the leaf design.

Published: September 18, 2022
XRF Test Results For The Dish Pictured

Reading #1) Center of the food surface of the dish:

• Lead (Pb): 72 +/- 20 ppm [Safe by all standards.]
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 3,760 +/-171 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 1,088 +/- 541 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 142 +/- 45 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 14,000 +/- 500 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 612 +/- 303 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 13,300 +/- 3,100 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 6,399 +/- 213 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,659 +/- 227 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 3,579 +/- 1,625 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 52 +/- 20 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #2) Leaf pattern edge on the food surface of dish:

• Lead (Pb): 17,500 +/- 400 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): 745 +/- 32 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 3.077 +/-125 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 8,017 +/- 590 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 417 +/- 76 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 90 +/- 31 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 9,160 +/- 251 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 5,938 +/- 167 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,120 +/- 154 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 153 +/- 88 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 759 +/- 96 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 565 +/- 47 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #3) Logo mark on the back of the dish:

• Lead (Pb): 105 +/- 24 ppm [Safe by all standards.]
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): 23 +/- 15 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 3,772 +/- 182 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 1,106 +/- 574 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 120 +/- 46 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 14,700 +/- 500 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 669 +/- 323 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 14,700 +/- 3,300 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 6,508 +/- 230 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,076 +/- 212 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 4,111 +/- 1,719 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 152 +/- 98 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 51 +/- 23 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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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.