Leaded Glass

YO! Stop poisoning the planet, Tiffany & Co! It’s 2020! #KnowBetterDoBetter. Today I found 47 LEADED items for sale on Tiffany’s website.

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Introduction to Tamara (for those new to the site!) Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy work (including two from U.S. government…

#Leaded: Vintage/Antique Glass Marbles, Yellow and White Swirl

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

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Yellow and White Swirled Glass Vintage Marble: 2,364 ppm Lead! The amount of lead that is considered toxic in the substrate of a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is anything 100 ppm lead or higher. Tested in 2014 with an XRF instrument. Year of manufacture and brand: unknown. Once I learned that even…

Tom & Jerry Vintage Milk Glass Christmas Mug: 37,100 ppm Lead + 943 ppm Cadmium (90 Lead + 40 Cadmium is unsafe for kids)

June 13, 2018December 7, 2023

Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

#Leaded: Small Vintage Cut Crystal Goblet / Shot Glass

June 12, 2018

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This small vintage cut crystal goblet was positive for lead at 22,200 +/- 700 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument. There is no mark or maker information available for this piece, although I did confirm that it is vintage. Most leaded crystal is positive for lead at levels closer to 300,000 ppm so this…

Vintage Faux Pearls, Off-White Heavy Plastic: 4,687 ppm Lead + 140 ppm Arsenic (90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids!)

May 21, 2018September 16, 2023

Click here to see some of the other “pearls” I have tested. 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…

#Leaded: Off-White Vintage Faux Pearls, Glass

May 21, 2018September 16, 2023

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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

Vintage faux pearls: 125,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Please don’t let your children play with grandma’s faux pearls!

May 21, 2018September 14, 2023

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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

1992 Study: Potential lead exposures from lead crystal decanters.

November 25, 2017November 25, 2017

Click the image below to read the full piece. “The consumption of alcoholic beverages stored in lead crystal decanters is judged to pose a hazard.”

2014 Weck Canning Jar: 142 ppm Lead. Context: 90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in items intended for use by children.

November 21, 2017September 22, 2019

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Q. Do Weck brand jars have Lead in the glass? A. Yes. When tested with an XRF instrument this newer (2014) Weck canning jar tested positive for 142 ppm Lead. For context: the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm lead or higher in the…

Recycled Clear Glass Starbucks Coffee Tumbler

Starbucks Coffee Recycled Glass Tumbler: 1,732 ppm Lead [For context: 100 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in toys.]

February 2, 2017February 5, 2019

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The Starbucks Coffee Brand slightly green tinted tumbler / glass pictured here had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Lead (Pb): 1,732 +/- 96 ppm Mercury (Hg): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Arsenic (As): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) The amount of lead that is considered toxic in the substrate of an item manufactured…

#LeadedJewelry: Blue Crystal Earrings

January 14, 2017December 3, 2023

Earring: 108,300 ppm lead (leaded crystal). Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Click here for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with…

Green (Recycled?) Glass Mug: 431 ppm Lead. [For context: 100 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in toys.]

December 24, 2016February 5, 2019

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When tested with an XRF instrument this clear glass mug (with green tint, probably recycled glass) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 431 ppm Mercury (Hg): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Glassware with a tint often has at least some level of Lead. Recycled glassware also often has at least some level of Lead. If…