Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 74,000 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 49,100 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
White Subway-Tile Style Ceramic Tile by “Cabinet Concepts”: 110 +/- 17 ppm Lead (in substrate), safe by all standards.
New (2019) tiles I tested for a friend. Click the image to see the Lead levels for each of the tiles pictured.