XRF Testing

How toxic is my Tempurpedic brand mattress? Toxicants found include Arsenic (94 ppm), Antimony (98 ppm) & Lead (9 ppm).

Great Neck backsaw with decorated handle: Lead Free, Cadmium Free! [99% Iron!]

Natural organic hemp wick: No Lead, No Cadmium, No Arsenic, No Mercury, No Antimony! Affiliate link in post!

Paparazzi earrings: Lead-free BUT positive for 2,985 ppm Antimony (+ Arsenic too). Antimony causes cancer in rats.

Paparazzi “stone” ring: Lead-free & “Nickel-free”, as advertised…BUT: 265,300 ppm CADMIUM! Cadmium causes cancer.

2019 satin Nickel finish rectangular flush drawer pull by Classic Brass: 1,768 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]

Unmarked white glazed ceramic canister with Lid: 82 ppm Lead. Safe by all standards.

Vintage “Epic” stainless spoon with faux wood / composite handle: 2,170 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.

Vintage Temporama dinner plate: 81,600 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm and up is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.

Unmarked vintage floral print saucer: 70,800 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm and up is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.

Corelle® recommends using their pre-2005 dishes as “decorative pieces” due to concerns of high Lead levels

Stop using your vintage Tupperware NOW. These measuring cups are positive for 2,103 ppm Lead + 250 ppm Arsenic.

At 351,400 ppm Lead, this glass is likely the source of a boy’s mysterious poisoning. 90 ppm+ is illegal in kids’ items.

Vintage Corelle Butterfly Gold glass plate: 18,700 ppm Lead on decorative pattern when tested with an XRF instrument

Vintage (1972-1988) Corning Spice-o-Life Casserole: 26,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe) & 236 ppm Cd (75 is unsafe)

Vintage Tupperware ORANGE bowl: 3,380 ppm Cadmium + 935 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)

Vintage Corelle Plate With Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom Green Edge: 15,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + Cadmium

#AskTamara: Which dishes are Lead-free? Pioneer Woman? Wedgwood? Franciscan? Blue Willow? Fiestaware? Heath?

Pyrex® Glass Measuring cup (c. 1994): 6,253 ppm Lead in red Outside Markings (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

Textbook corporate response from Corning 12/28/18 – to the findings of high levels of Lead in their vintage products.

Vintage Corelle By Corning Butterfly Gold Pattern Glass Bowls: 23,300 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage Pyrex Spring Blossom Green Crazy Daisy Mixing Bowls: 109,900 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + Cadmium, too!

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

Syracuse large cereal bowls – nicked from a college cafeteria c. 2002: 31,900 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]