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PYREX vs. pyrex, Lead Safe Mama Edition (video)

June 17, 2023June 18, 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)…

Click through to read the full XRF test results for the Star Wars Special Edition Mandalorian The Child Baby Yoda Pyrex glass food storage containers.

December 14, 2021May 5, 2022

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Here’s the Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link for this product: https://amzn.to/30pQ9wF When tested with an XRF Instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings: Reading #1) Green plastic of Baby Yoda container lid 30-Second Test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 458 +/- 33 ppm Iron (Fe):…

Please stop using vintage Pyrex glassware for cooking & serving food — it’s often coated with high-Lead paint & can test positive for Cadmium, Arsenic

December 2, 2021March 9, 2024

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Please watch this 10 minute video first: Here’s a short (2 min 55 seconds) follow-up video, too: This is an ad-free article. Advertising and affiliate income help Lead Safe Mama, LLC cover the costs of the work we do here (independent consumer goods testing and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy). We have removed ads from…

Newer Pyrex (Made in Germany) No. 1399 labware glass “water bottle”: 19,200 ppm Lead in the white painted markings on the outside of the bottle

September 21, 2021January 5, 2024

The swab on the right is light pink from testing this bottle, even though it is over 19,000 ppm Lead. I uploaded two videos on YouTube about this bottle, too (each video is under three minutes long and discusses the specific concerns). Video #1 Video #2 For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a…

400 ml Pyrex (made in Germany) beaker painted with LEAD PAINT! 22,300 ppm Lead. 5000 ppm & up is officially “Lead paint”!

October 9, 2020November 14, 2021

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When tested with a high-precision XRF Instrument, the paint on this glass beaker was positive for an unsafe level of Lead. Today – in the year 2020 (more than two decades in to a new century) – it is still not uncommon for modern glass products (baby bottles, water bottles, measuring cups, mixing bowls, etc.)…

Purple Pyrex glass measuring cup: 20,700 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe*) +175 ppm Cadmium (Yum! What are you baking with?)

December 22, 2019March 29, 2024

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For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…

“How much Lead is in my vintage Pyrex?” Here are pictures of each one I’ve tested, with links to test results.

March 22, 2019June 2, 2019

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Check back here periodically for updates. Each time I add a new post I will upload a picture to the photo grid below, and link it to the post with the test results. Click any of the images below to see the corresponding XRF test results (listing all metals found) for that exact item pictured….

Made in USA Vintage Pyrex Clear Glass Double Boiler Cooking Pot: 216 ppm Lead

January 13, 2019May 5, 2023

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Vintage Pyrex Clear Glass Double Boiler Cooking Pot. I tested this with an XRF instrument and below am reporting two sets of readings for this piece. First is the reading for the vessel of the pot. This is from a two-minute (12o second) reading using an XRF instrument. If a metal is not listed…