XRFTesting

Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Plate, Green: 430,100 ppm Lead (yes 43% Lead glaze!). Not safe for food use!

Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Dinner Plate: 459,300 ppm Lead. Context; 90 ppm Lead is illegal in new items made for kids.

Blue Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Dinner Plate: 434,800 parts per million Lead [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Yellow Ceramic Saucer: 174,800 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.

Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Yellow Glazed Ceramic Plate: 524,400 ppm Lead in the glaze. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.

From 2013: The surprising source of most mercury pollution: Gold mining

Vintage Clarence Bone China Teacup: 56,700 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage Crown Trent Staffordshire Made In England Teacup: 47,200 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage “Golden Crown” Ena Harkness Rose Queen Series Mug: 44,000 ppm Lead [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids]

#LeadedKitchen: Emile Henry Bowl & Plate

#LeadedKitchen: Emile Henry Loaf Pan

Emile Henry Mixing Bowl, Purchased at Williams Sonoma c. 2014: 1,647 ppm Lead on the food surface.

Vintage Bauer Los Angeles Blue Mixing Bowl: 474,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe in children’s items.

Vintage Ceramic Hull Brand Mixing Bowl: 31,500 ppm Lead (when tested with an XRF instrument.)

#LeadedKitchen: Vintage Ceramic Mixing Bowls

#LeadedKitchen: Vintage 1970s Salt Pottery Mixing Bowl

Vintage 1970s Era Cereal Bowl: 134,100 ppm Lead

Pier One Yellow Glazed Ceramic Plate, Made in Portugal: 6,495 ppm Lead

#LeadSafeDishes: Made In Japan

Wedgwood Hedge Rose bowl (Made in England): 100,000+ ppm Lead & 19,114 ppm Arsenic. [Not safe for food use.]

#TestingParties: Corelle Dishes

#LeadedHome: Ring Stand

Gold wedding set (c. 2016): 5,527 ppm Mercury, 1,214 ppm Arsenic (+ Gold, Silver, Titanium & Copper).

#LeadFreeChoices: Spanish Earrings