Leaded Appliances

#LeadedAppliance: Baby Food Blender

#LeadedAppliance: Baby Food Blender

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Baby food blender – center nut (touches food!) 47,700 ppm lead! Sorry, brand/maker is not known. Several brands of babyfood blenders have historically had leaded center nuts. Purchase items like this only from trusted brands/ manufacturers. Tested with an XRF —- #XRFTesting #LeadedDishes • #LeadSafeDishes For more safer choices in dishware options, click here.

#LeadedAppliances: Butterfly Pressure Cooker Lid

#LeadedAppliances: Butterfly Pressure Cooker Lid

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Steam vent on Butterfly stainless pressure cooker: in center = 12,000 ppm Lead, on side 6,412 ppm Lead. Made in India Tested with a high-precision XRF instrument —- #XRFTesting #LeadedDishes • #LeadSafeDishes For more safer choices in dishware options, click here.

Butterfly pressure cooker (from India) valves: 120,500 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe. This was a likely source of poisoning for a child.

Butterfly pressure cooker (from India) valves: 120,500 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe. This was a likely source of poisoning for a child.

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Originally written: January 3, 2017 Updated: March 6, 2020 Butterfly Brand Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker – Made in India The inside nut (valve cover / end) on the Butterfly brand pressure cooker pictured above (made in India, and brought with the family to the United States when they moved here from India) tested positive for…

#LeadedAppliances: c. 2010 Cuisinart Blender

#LeadedAppliances: c. 2010 Cuisinart Blender

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Cuisinart Blender Circa 2010. Purchased at Costco. Center nut on top of blade tested positive with 7,941 parts per million (ppm) lead. It is the yellowish leaded brass circle in the center of the blade. No mercury, no cadmium. Tested with an XRF —- #XRFTesting #LeadedDishes • #LeadSafeDishes For more safer choices in dishware options,…