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Vintage plastic Tupperware blocks toy: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury (likely has BPA given the age.)
Note: I do not know if these test results apply to all years of manufacture of this toy. The toy is not marked with the years of manufacture and there is no clue (from the markings) as to the year of manufacture. HOWEVER: the colors are distinctly different than the colors ...
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Vintage (c. 1991?) tan / brown Tupperware juice pitcher: 846 ppm Lead + 77 ppm Arsenic.
Vintage (c. 1991?) Tupperware Juice Pitcher
Lead (Pb): 846 +/- 45 ppm
Arsenic (As): 77 +/- 34 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 394 +/- 61 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 251 +/- 25 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 7,553 +/- 325 ppm
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Vintage Tupperware butter dish: 12 ppm Lead (safe by all standards for Lead, but may have BPA if pre-2010).
XRF test results for the vintage butter dish pictured here.
White base of butter dish:
Lead (Pb): 12+/- 5 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 214 +/- 20 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 24 +/- 15 pm
Iron (Fe): 114 +/- 37 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 17,600 +/- 400 pm
Yellow lid of butter dish:
Zinc (Zn): 180 +/- 30 ...
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Vintage cream colored Tupperware pill box: Lead-free (may have BPA if pre-2010).
XRF test results for vintage Tupperware pill box pictured here.
Zinc (Zn): 42 +/- 26 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,116 +/- 143 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 16,600 +/- 400 ppm
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We now have 1,201 signatures on the Change.org Tupperware petition! Thank you!
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Stop using your vintage Tupperware NOW. These measuring cups are positive for 2,103 ppm Lead + 250 ppm Arsenic.
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Vintage Tupperware ORANGE bowl: 3,380 ppm Cadmium + 935 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)
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Please sign. This petition asks Tupperware to officially respond re: Lead & Arsenic (etc!) found in their vintage products.
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Vintage Tupperware Cup. Year Made Unknown. Unlike other colors it is negative for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium & Arsenic.
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When using an XRF instrument to test the cup pictured here (which is made of solid red plastic with no painted markings or decorations) it had the following readings:
Barium (Ba): 162 +/- 90 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 66 +/- 8 ppm
Copper (Cu): ...
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Please avoid vintage Tupperware. This is a kid’s 6 oz. cup. It’s positive for 876 ppm Lead, 331 ppm Cadmium, + Arsenic.
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Want some poison with your lemonade? Vintage Tupperware pitcher: 18 ppm Lead, 225 ppm Cadmium, 30 ppm Mercury.
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage Tupperware brand orange plastic skinny juice / lemonade pitcher had the following readings:
Orange Plastic of the Container:
Lead (Pb): 18 +/- 4 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 225 +/- 11 ppm
Mercury (Hg): 30 +/- 7 ppm
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Remember licking this after mom frosted a cake? Vintage Tupperware Cake Decorator: 1,283 ppm Lead (90 is toxic)
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Consumers can’t tell: one of these Tupperware bowls has 3,136 ppm Cadmium + 773 Mercury (both are poisons), one does not.
As a consumer you have no way to know which vintage Tupperware piece has toxic heavy metals (including Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony and Lead - some of which are well documented known carcinogens) and which does not.
It is time for Tupperware to step in and make a public statement ...
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