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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).

Published: July 18, 2023 — Tuesday

Below are the full XRF test results for the vintage Rivage Amethyst Duralex glass dish pictured above (additional photos below as well).

For context: any level under 100 ppm Lead in the substrate of an item (the base material, in this case the glass, since there is no coating or paint) is considered safe by all standards (including the safety standards set for items intended for use by children). The strictest safety standard for total Cadmium content (also for items intended by use by children) is a limit of 40 ppm Cadmium. This dish is therefore safe by all relevant standards (when it comes to toxicant considerations).