Pottery Barn 2022 tall textured clear glass from their Hammered Handcrafted Glassware Collection. Sold as “Lead-free” & positive for 94 ppm Lead.

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October 3, 2022 – Monday

This is a glass purchased at Pottery Barn in 2022. It did test positive for trace levels of Antimony and Lead. Here’s the direct link to this glass on Pottery Barn’s website. In general, I do not like the company Pottery Barn – as they have a history of producing toxic products (a history for which they have not publicly taken any responsibility) – this includes recently-manufactured home goods with unsafe levels of Lead. To see more Pottery Barn items that we have tested and reported on here at LeadSafeMama.com, please click here.

Outside of the political considerations about this brand (and the concern for false advertising / misleading marketing – given this design is expressly sold and marketed as “Lead Free”), this particular glass (with the test results posted below in full detail) would be considered safe by all current relevant standards. But because it does test positive for trace levels of Lead, given my stand — to get all the Lead (a potent neurotoxicant, and terrible environmental pollutant) out of all consumer products moving forward (especially food-use items! ) — I would not personally choose these glasses for use in my home. But if someone served me a beverage in this glass when I was visiting their home, I would have no issue with drinking from these glasses. Full XRF test results are below. Test results are replicable, science-based and accurate.

Truly Lead-free (unpainted, undecorated – clear glass) options can be purchased from Libbey, Anchor Hocking and Duralex. Here are some good choices:

1. Duralex: https://amzn.to/3M6ga7S
2. Libbey: https://amzn.to/3e0uLoK
3. Anchor Hocking: https://amzn.to/3M2Va1y

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FULL XRF TEST RESULTS FOR THE POTTERY BARN GLASS PICTURED

Reading #1) Side of Glass
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 94 +/-  12 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 94 +/-  26 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): 35 +/- 10 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 112 +/- 6 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 344 +/- 12 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 648 +/- 107 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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Reading #2) Bottom of Glass
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 98 +/-  13 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 67 +/-  27 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): 28 +/- 10 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 114 +/- 6 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 365 +/- 12 ppm
• Indium (In): 14 +/- 6 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 564 +/- 107 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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For those new to this website
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.