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XRF test results for 2009 Design House Stockholm green glazed Starbucks mug sent in by Shelly in California
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Green, Red & Blue Denby Mug, Made in England (sent in by Claire in MO): 145 ppm Lead (on interior glaze)
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XRF Test Results for 2023 OMSI Glass Beaker Mug
March 18, 2023 - Saturday
When I purchased this Beaker from the OMSI gift store I was nearly certain it would test positive for Lead in the exterior painted markings. This assumption / anticipated probability was based on other recent testing I had done of an actual scientific beaker (newly ...
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XRF test results for brand new Le Creuset red (“Cerise”) glazed stoneware espresso mug: Positive for Lead & Cadmium (a known carcinogen)
January 2, 2023 — Monday
With contributions made by Lead Safe Mama readers (thank you, friends!), I just purchased this little cup ("3 oz Stoneware Espresso Mug") new (off of Amazon, from the Le Creuset Amazon store — link) to demonstrate to myself (and Lead Safe Mama readers) ...
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Interlaken, Switzerland souvenir ceramic mug (2022): 6,151 ppm Lead on the interior food surface.
Published: December 18, 2022 - Sunday
I purchased this at a souvenir shop in Switzerland (November 2022) — following a long group discussion/collective speculative inquiry with my kids about which souvenirs were likely to be Leaded and which were likely to be Lead-free [it's a strange "game" ...
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Garfield “Use Your Friends Wisely” McDonald’s mug: 103,600 ppm Lead (causes brain damage) + 7,314 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)
Continue reading below the images of additional cups/mugs/glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate post about that item containing its XRF test results. This post (about the Garfield mug) is a good overview to help provide context for all of these additional ...
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Authentic Original Disney Parks (Made In Thailand) Little Mermaid coffee mug: 5,758 ppm Lead (90+ is unsafe for kids) + 1,221 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer.)
Published: February 10, 2022
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Authentic Original Disney Parks Little Mermaid "coffee" mug (Made In Thailand)
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Calamityware (2015) mug: 28 ppm Lead (safe by all standards) + 12,200 ppm Cobalt [a possible human carcinogen, per CDC] in the blue decorations. Click to read more.
XRF test results below are for the exact item pictured.
(It arrived broken - shipped to me by a reader)
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2021 Crate & Barrel 15 oz Essential Mug, Made in Indonesia: 4,365 ppm Lead in the black logo mark on the bottom of the mug.
2021 Crate & Barrel 15 oz Essential Mug, Made in Indonesia: 256-870
Reading #1) on plain white of mug
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 24 +/- 3 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): non-detect ...
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Handmade ceramic mug with white, blue & brown glaze: 39 ppm Lead in the substrate & 23 ppm on the food surface (safe by all standards).
Reading #1) Unglazed white base-clay of mug
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 39 +/- 4 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 5 +/- 2 ppm
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): non-detect
Iron (Fe): 3,910 +/ 84 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 212 +/- 9 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 2,629 +/- 442 ...
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222 Fifth “Bonjour Paris” Jumbo Mug with Eiffel Tower – Made in Indonesia: 23 ppm Lead on the plain white (safe by all standards) & 5,802 ppm Lead on the logo mark.
Published: Tuesday - December 14, 2021
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
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Vintage Orange Hazel Atlas Milk Glass Mug: 24,100 ppm Lead + 1,546 ppm Cadmium + 39 ppm Mercury. Cadmium causes cancer. Lead is toxic at 90 ppm & up.
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). ...
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