XRF Testing

#LeadedCrocks: Ceramic Rival CrockPot Liner
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#LeadedCrocks: Ceramic Rival CrockPot Liner

Rival crockpot black glazed ceramic liner:  119 ppm lead Suggestion – stainless cookers. All of the modern crockpots I have tested – like this one (with a few exceptions) have trace levels of lead. This is lead at a “contamination level” – not an “additive level” – meaning – they are not likely adding lead…

#SaferChoices: How to choose a Lead-free tea kettle
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#SaferChoices: How to choose a Lead-free tea kettle

  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 used…

Small Le Creuset ceramic custard cup: 131 ppm Lead + 67 ppm Arsenic.
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Small Le Creuset ceramic custard cup: 131 ppm Lead + 67 ppm Arsenic.

Small newer Le Creuset ceramic pot (custard cup?): Both outside and inside tested positive for lead in the 118 to 131 ppm range ppm. The red outside also tested positive for arsenic at 67 ppm. (Lollipop included to show size.) Newer (exact age unknown). —- This item (since it was newer & manufactured by a…

Le Creuset Red & Creme Colored Ceramic Mixing Bowl: 40,700 ppm Lead. [For context, 90 ppm is unsafe for children’s items.]
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Le Creuset Red & Creme Colored Ceramic Mixing Bowl: 40,700 ppm Lead. [For context, 90 ppm is unsafe for children’s items.]

Le Creuset Ceramics Le Creuset brand red & cream-colored ceramic mixing bowl. Newer model [c. 2014 or earlier – exact year of manufacture unknown]. When tested with with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings: Outside Reading (Red Glaze): 40,700 ppm Lead Inside Reading (Cream Glaze): 117 ppm Lead Test results are science-based, replicable,…

Le Creuset Tea Kettle: 11,900 ppm Cadmium (Cadmium causes cancer & does not belong in our tea kettles!) + 103 ppm Lead
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Le Creuset Tea Kettle: 11,900 ppm Cadmium (Cadmium causes cancer & does not belong in our tea kettles!) + 103 ppm Lead

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)…