Tinted Glass

Because you asked: XRF test results for a 2022 green glass San Pellegrino bottle

December 18, 2022December 11, 2023

December 18, 2022 — Sunday In response to the original Lead Safe Mama article (link) about XRF test results for a green glass San Pellegrino bottle (originally published in April of 2017), Lead Safe Mama readers have asked me to test a more recent bottle from this brand. I purchased one of these bottles…

Milk Glass with Cow from Global Amici, Made in Italy: 9 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Cadmium. Safe by ALL Standards.

February 4, 2022May 18, 2023

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XRF test results for the item pictured. More information to be posted shortly. Here’s a Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link for these exact glasses. To learn more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this website, click here. For a quick menu to explore more categories of tested items on…

Made in Mexico Crate & Barrel “Miguel Highball” Glass: Lead-Free (Click for my guide to buying Lead-free glassware!)

July 9, 2018November 22, 2023

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For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method…

Blue Ball brand canning jar: 53 ppm Lead + 13 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards.) I avoid the tinted jars.

April 30, 2017December 18, 2019

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When tested with an XRF instrument (for a 31 second test – as noted in the photo above) this blue-tinted Ball brand canning jar had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 53 +/- 13 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 6 ppm You can read more about #CadmiumConcerns here. Tamara’s Grade: “C” C = I would not…

Blue Glass Pyrex Custard Dish

April 30, 2017December 28, 2023

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Blue Glass Pyrex Custard Dish: Lead-Free! (“Non-Detect for Lead!”) Tamara’s Grade: “A+” An A+ means I would definitely have these and use these in my home. (In fact, I have the same exact ones in clear glass!) If you appreciate our advocacy work, please consider donating even just $5 via the Lead Safe Mama, LLC #GoFundMe! Check…

Newer Blue Ball Jar

April 30, 2017

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Newer Blue Glass Ball Jar: 61 ppm lead (+/- 16 ppm). Considered safe by all standards. Tamara’s Grade: “C” C = I would not want to use it in my home, I would not want to eat food that you canned in it in your home. If you offered me something to drink in this…

#XRFTesting: Blue Ball Jars!

April 8, 2017May 23, 2023

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Newer Blue Glass Ball Jar: 64 ppm Lead. Non-detect for arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. Most of the colored glass jars I have tested have been positive for Lead to some degree. This level is considered safe by all standards. I personally would not want to can in jars that are positive for Lead at any level, when I…

Kombucha Jug, Brown Glass

April 6, 2017April 16, 2017

Brown Glass Kombucha Jug from “Health-Ade Kombucha”: 183 ppm lead. Please read this post for more information about lead found in this type of container. If you appreciate what I do, the simplest way you can help support my advocacy work at NO EXTRA COST to you is to click on the Amazon affiliate link ads to…

Green Glass Water Bottle – Mountain Valley: 86 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium (in the glass, not the water.)

April 4, 2017February 3, 2023

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When tested with an XRF instrument this Mountain Valley Spring Water green glass water bottle had the following readings: 86 ppm Lead (Pb) 11 ppm Cadmium (Cd) The bottle was Non-Detect (Negative) for Arsenic and Mercury. This level of Lead (and of Cadmium) is considered safe by all standards today. Finding trace levels of Lead…

San Pellegrino Water Bottle: 116 ppm Lead in the green glass, 90 is unsafe in items used by kids. Please click & read to learn more.

April 4, 2017December 11, 2023

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Originally published: April 4, 2017 Updated: January 15, 2023 For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009,…

Older/Antique/Vintage “Ball” brand canning jar

March 15, 2017January 23, 2021

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Re-posting from 2014. Older/Antique/Vintage “Ball” brand canning jar. Blue Glass: safe (tested negative/ non-detect for lead). Lid: 861 ppm lead & 1,537 cadmium . Tested with an XRF instrument. Please consider contributing in support of my childhood lead poisoning prevention advocacy work here or here. Thank you!

#XRFTesting, #LeadSafe Mountain Rose Herbs Bottle

March 4, 2017

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Mountain Rose Herbs Brown Glass Bottle: 85 ppm lead. This level of lead is considered safe by all standards. Most colored glass tests positive for at least “trace” lead. “Trace” means that it is not an added ingredient in the manufacturing process but more of a super low level contaminant. If you are looking for…

#LeadFreeGlass! Random!

February 2, 2017April 16, 2017

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No lead! No Mercury ! No arsenic. I’ll ask my friend Sarah where she bought this! #XRFTesting This is one of several posts where I will share very little information and really focus on the photos and the XRF Test results. If you have an interest in learning more about these posts (likely because you are…

Recycled Clear Glass Starbucks Coffee Tumbler

Starbucks Coffee Recycled Glass Tumbler: 1,732 ppm Lead [For context: 100 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in toys.]

February 2, 2017February 5, 2019

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The Starbucks Coffee Brand slightly green tinted tumbler / glass pictured here had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Lead (Pb): 1,732 +/- 96 ppm Mercury (Hg): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Arsenic (As): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect (ND) The amount of lead that is considered toxic in the substrate of an item manufactured…