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XRF Test Results for La Chambra Bowl — Purchased in March 2020

XRF Test Results for La Chambra Bowl — Purchased in March 2020

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       For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead…

XRF Test Results for Royal Albert Old Country Roses Pattern Bone China (©1962 — Made in England) Dish

XRF Test Results for Royal Albert Old Country Roses Pattern Bone China (©1962 — Made in England) Dish

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       For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead…

How much Lead can you buy for $3.99 at Hobby Lobby? Ceramic floral pattern cabinet knob / drawer pull: 3,606 ppm Lead, 82 ppm Cadmium.

How much Lead can you buy for $3.99 at Hobby Lobby? Ceramic floral pattern cabinet knob / drawer pull: 3,606 ppm Lead, 82 ppm Cadmium.

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When tested with an XRF instrument the ceramic drawer pull / cabinet knob pictured here (with a yellow floral vine pattern, purchased at Hobby Lobby) had the following readings: #1) Yellow and orange flower (main component) Lead (Pb): 1,265 +/- 53 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 82 +/- 8 ppm Barium (Ba): 690 +/- 45 ppm Chromium…