Pewter

Terrifying tiny pewter piggy: 16,700 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 80,900 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats.)

Terrifying tiny pewter piggy: 16,700 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 80,900 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats.)

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When tested with an XRF instrument this terrifying tiny pewter pig (with zombie devil eyes!) is shown to be terrifying in more ways than one! Lead (Pb): 16,700 +/- 800 ppm Antimony (Sb): 80,900 +/- 1,600 ppm Tin (Sb): 882,300 +/- 3,900 ppm Copper (Cu): 13,800 +/- 1,200 ppm Titanium (Ti): 5,354 +/- 369 ppm…

Yet ANOTHER toxic offering from The Pottery Barn collection!… c. 2017 squirrel shaped salt and pepper shakers: 40,800 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]

Yet ANOTHER toxic offering from The Pottery Barn collection!… c. 2017 squirrel shaped salt and pepper shakers: 40,800 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]

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At a time when consumer awareness of environmental toxicants in general – and of tainted household products especially – is on the rise; potential for recalls are commonplace; and manufactures and distributors are moving to tighten up supply chain oversight, Pottery Barn CONTINUES to disappoint. Despite specific recalls for Pottery Barn products in the past [Link], they…