CORELLE (Instant Brands) confirms (but downplays) presence of Leaded glaze used for food surface decorations on vintage dishware
Walt Disney Y2K Filmmaker Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,261 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!
Vintage Corelle “Meadow” dish — positive for FOUR poisons (Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Antimony) on the food surface, including 16,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Newer Ikea white glass plate (similar to Corelle), made in France: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free
Is sunflower butter bad for you? What’s the problem with sunflower seed butter? Do sunflower seeds have Lead?
2016 GE Brand 7.5 ft Douglas Fir Pre-Lit Artificial Christmas Tree (Illinois): Positive for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic (low levels), and 2,654 ppm Antimony!
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.
Red Plastic (2020) Aldi Christmas Ornament Ball: Positive for Lead + Cadmium + Arsenic (51,700 ppm!!!) + Antimony!
Please stop using vintage Pyrex glassware for cooking & serving food — it’s often coated with high-Lead paint & can test positive for Cadmium, Arsenic
Traditional green ball-style plastic Christmas ornament from Aldi (2020): 44,400 ppm ARSENIC! (NOT safe for children!)
Yellow vintage Fiesta plate (Made in USA): 563,800 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe in modern items made for kids)
Light blue (turquoise) vintage Fiesta plate (Made in USA): 289,400 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe in modern items made for kids)
Caraway “cookware without the chemicals” positive for 20 metals, including Lead, Mercury, Cobalt & Antimony (tested with XRF technology)
But is this dish or toy or lamp or vitamin or piece of jewelry (or Tibetan brass singing bowl!) ACTUALLY going to poison me? And how would that happen, exactly?
Q. I want to buy some nontoxic cookware — which pots and pans are the safest for cooking? Which pots and pans are the least toxic?
“Lead-Free/ Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan (From Our Place) tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 other metals using XRF technology
Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.
A reporter asked me this question yesterday: “Why aren’t children getting tested for Lead?” Here’s my answer (comparison to COVID-19)
Hello! I’m here to ruin Christmas for you! Do you know how toxic your Christmas decorations are? (This is actually a guide for having a safer Christmas holiday!)
