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For those new to this website:

Tamara Rubin is a multiple-Federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (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. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).

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Published: July 13, 2023 — Thursday

Below are the full XRF test results for the Doulton Everyday 1996 Royal Doulton Fine China (Made in Indonesia) Jacobean pattern (floral print) bowl pictured above. These dishes are safe by all standards, including standards for the total content of toxicants (specifically Cadmium and Lead) implemented for items intended for use by children.

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Reading #1) Interior White Food Surface of Bowl
80-second test (repeated multiple times to confirm results)

• Lead (Pb): 48 +/- 10 ppm (safe by all standards)
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect / negative
• Tin (Sn): 40 +/- 8 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect / negative
• Selenium (Se): non-detect / negative
• Barium (Ba): 281 +/- 29 ppm
• Arsenic (As): non-detect / negative
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect / negative
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect / negative
• Nickel (Ni): non-detect / negative
• Copper (Cu): 144 +/- 27 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 340 +/- 27 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,984 +/- 42 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 831 +/- 113 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 69 +/- 29 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 104 +/- 11 ppm
• Chlorine (Cl): non-detect / negative
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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Reading #2) Backmark/Logo Mark on Bottom of Bowl
60-second test (repeated multiple times to confirm results)

• Lead (Pb): 20 +/- 13 ppm 
• Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 7 ppm (safe by all standards)
• Tin (Sn): 33 +/- 11 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect / negative
• Selenium (Se): non-detect / negative
• Barium (Ba): 242 +/- 43 ppm
• Arsenic (As): non-detect / negative
• Chromium (Cr): 2,645 +/- 503 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect / negative
• Nickel (Ni): non-detect / negative
• Copper (Cu): 184 +/- 43 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,852 +/- 99 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 477 +/- 260 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,933 +/- 61 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,624 +/- 249 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): non-detect / negative
• Bismuth (Bi): 85 +/- 16 ppm
• Chlorine (Cl): non-detect / negative
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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Reading #3) Floral Print Design on the Side of the Bowl
60-second test (repeated multiple times to confirm results)

• Lead (Pb): 43 +/- 10 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 5 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 109 +/- 9 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect / negative
• Selenium (Se): non-detect / negative
• Barium (Ba): 161 +/- 30 ppm
• Arsenic (As): non-detect / negative
• Chromium (Cr): 5,660 +/- 443 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect / negative
• Nickel (Ni): non-detect / negative
• Copper (Cu): 200 +/- 31 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,680 +/- 66 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 299 +/- 188 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 2,068 +/- 47 ppm
• Indium (In): 17 +/- 7 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,891 +/- 154 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 74 +/- 35 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 2,247 +/- 130 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 117 +/- 13 ppm
• Chlorine (Cl): non-detect / negative
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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Some additional reading that may be of interest

• More Royal Doulton pieces we have tested
• An overview article about the concern for Lead in pottery/ceramics
• A link to the “Menu” for this website

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