XRF Testing

Three sets of vintage faux pearls. Which ones have Lead, and how much of it?

#Leaded: Off-White Vintage Faux Pearls, Glass

Vintage faux pearls: 125,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Please don’t let your children play with grandma’s faux pearls!

#LeadFree: Metal Ice Cube

Vintage Spring Blossom Green “Crazy Daisy” Pyrex cup: 39,300 ppm Lead + 833 ppm Cadmium (90 ppm Pb is unsafe for kids!)

Vintage Shenandoah Cinderella Pyrex Mixing Bowl: 85,600 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.

“Made in India” Stainless Lunch Box With Leaded Brass Accents: 22,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

#Leaded: Wooden “Made In India” Box with Leaded Brass Decorative Components

#Leaded: Bicycle Building Tools, P & K Lie Wheel Truing Stand, Leaded Brass

#Leaded: 2017 Moscow Mule Copper Mug With Leaded Brass Handle

Toy Brass Cymbal with Wooden Handle: 274 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids]

Brass Hammer Multi-Tool (often marketed to women or used as a toy): 40,600 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]

A New Trend In Stupidity: : Expensive Fancy Cookware with Leaded Brass Handles Is All The Rage In Kitchen “Fashion”

#AskTamara: Guess Which of These Four White Glass Lamp Shades Has Lead and How Much!

#Leaded: Chicken Wire/ Hardware Cloth, Example Two

Are you contaminating your garden’s soil? Chicken Wire: 2,201 ppm Lead, 30 ppm Cadmium. Click & read for safer choices.

A short story of a small vintage ceramic bowl and a boy from Wisconsin who was poisoned.

Vintage (c. 1972) “Butterfly Gold” Pyrex Casserole Dish: 87,000 ppm Lead. [Context: 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]

“Old Town Blue” Pattern Vintage Pyrex Tea Cup, c.1972 – 1982: 17,700 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage “Horizon Blue” Pattern Pyrex Casserole. c. 1969-1972: 72,000 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]

Ask Tamara: Do Starbucks mugs have high levels of Lead?

2017 Starbucks Coffee “You Are Here” Collection, California Mug: 6,397 ppm Lead [> 90 is unsafe for kids.]

#LeadFree: 2016 3 oz Starbucks Coffee Company Black Ceramic Espresso Cup

#Leaded: 2006 Starbucks Coffee Brand Ceramic Mug with Pear and Flower Design