Leaded Ice Cream Scoop

Vintage Ice Cream Scoop: 1,170 ppm Lead in the metal of the scoop. Context: 100 ppm (& up) is illegal in items made for use by kids.

Vintage Ice Cream Scoop: 1,170 ppm Lead in the metal of the scoop. Context: 100 ppm (& up) is illegal in items made for use by kids.

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Vintage ice cream scoop – 1,170 ppm lead (in the scoop.) Here’s my post with lead-free ice cream scoop choices! For #SaferChoices for your family, click here. To make a contribution in support of my independent consumer goods testing and lead poisoning prevention advocacy work, click here.  Thank you!

Would you like some lead (or cadmium or arsenic) with that ice cream?

Would you like some lead (or cadmium or arsenic) with that ice cream?

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Vintage Ice Cream Scoop. Metal: 28 ppm lead – considered safe by all standards. Red Plastic Handle: 3,091 ppm cadmium / 26 ppm Arsenic. — Most ice cream scoops I have tested (especially the vintage ones) have tested positive for at least some lead with an XRF.  For #SaferChoices in ice cream scoops for your…