#LeadedChina

#Leaded: Yellow Unmarked Vintage Mug
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#Leaded: Yellow Unmarked Vintage Mug

Sunny yellow coffee mug; no mark or maker – 215,800 ppm lead! Hazard level for a modern/newly manufactured toy is anything 90 ppm lead or greater. There is no regulation** limiting total lead content in dishes as detected with an XRF (especially vintage dishes) & this one is cracked and crazing, so likely leaching lead…

Lenox American Home Collection Winter Greetings Dish: 61,513 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 9,214 ppm Arsenic
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Lenox American Home Collection Winter Greetings Dish: 61,513 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 9,214 ppm Arsenic

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The Lenox dish pictured above came in with the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Lead (Pb): 61,513 ppm Arsenic (As): 9,214 ppm Click here to see more Lenox pieces that I have tested and posted here on this blog. The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for…

#Leaded: Newer Lenox Butler’s Pantry China.
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#Leaded: Newer Lenox Butler’s Pantry China.

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Lenox – Butler’s Pantry China. 1,266 ppm lead when tested with an XRF Instrument. Manufactured circa 2006?  The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for use by children is anything 90 parts per million (ppm) or more.  Dishware is not regulated and dishware manufacturers claim that their product is not made…

Lenox Dimension Collection Eternal China, c. 1994: 349,000 ppm Lead (35% Lead!) Over 90 ppm is unsafe in new kids’ items.
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Lenox Dimension Collection Eternal China, c. 1994: 349,000 ppm Lead (35% Lead!) Over 90 ppm is unsafe in new kids’ items.

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Lenox Dimension Collection Eternal China Plate. When tested with an XRF instrument the glaze on this Made in the USA Lenox brand dish tested positive for 349,000 ppm Lead. That’s 34.9% Lead. This is a newer dish! c. 1994 I was told this was approximately 20+ years old when tested in 2014, so this is from c….

Pottery Barn Portugese Dish: 363 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items [but dishes aren’t used by kids, right?]
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Pottery Barn Portugese Dish: 363 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items [but dishes aren’t used by kids, right?]

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White Pottery Barn Plate; hand crafted in Portugal. When tested with an XRF instrument this white glazed ceramic plate came in at levels as high as 363 ppm Lead. Dishes are not considered “items intended for use by children”… For context, the amount of Lead that is considered illegal (and unsafe) in anything manufactured today…