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Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget ...
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Vintage cream ceramic Fiesta dish: 74,700 ppm Lead. That’s about 7.5% Lead! 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument the white / cream glaze of this vintage Fiesta brand ceramic plate pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 74,700 +/- 2,600 ppm
Tin (Sn): 3,197 +/- 195 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 16,400 +/- 600 ppm
Iron (Fe); 638 +/- 199 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 4,431 ...
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Vintage blue ceramic Fiesta dish: 108,300 ppm Lead. That’s about 11% Lead! 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument the blue glaze of the vintage Fiesta brand ceramic plate pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 108,300 +/- 3,300 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 53 +/- 21 ppm
Barium (Ba): 7,781 +/- 456 ppm
Selenium (Se): 164 +/- 47
Tin (Sn): 22,800 +/- 1,100 ...
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Vintage orange ceramic Fiestaware-style salt shaker: 497,000 ppm Lead. Yes, about 50% Lead! 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the orange glaze of the vintage Fiestaware-style ceramic salt shaker pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 497,000 +/- 66,000
Barium (Ba): 1,299 +/- 594 ppm
Bromine (Br): 446 +/- 123
Iron (Fe): 2,153 +/- ...
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Vintage (?) “Made In China” Parasaurolophus Plastic Dinosaur: 1,333 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 88 ppm Cadmium
When tested with an XRF instrument the large gray dinosaur pictured here (year of manufacture unknown) had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 1,333 +/- 71 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 88 +/- 13 ppm
Barium (Ba): 717 +/- 84 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 625 +/- 34 ppm
Bromine (Br): 62 +/- 10 ppm
Tin ...
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Mikasa Maxima Sorrento pattern cup and saucer: 21,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 167 pm Cadmium.
When tested with an XRF instrument (for repeated 30 second tests on each component) the Mikasa cup and saucer pictured here had the following readings:
White center of plate
Lead (Pb): 69 +/- 15 ppm
Barium (Ba): 383 +/- 56 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 32,500 +/- 800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 79+/- 38 ppm ...
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Heath Ceramic Bowl (#104) Sausalito, California: 226,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)
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 ...
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Dollar Store Royal Norfolk White Ceramic Plate by Greenbrier International: 30 ppm Lead. Safe by all standards.
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget ...
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“Made In Japan” Casual Images by Lenox, Rose Garden Pattern: 20,800 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 137 ppm Cadmium
When tested with an XRF instrument (60 second readings) this Casual Images by Lenox (in the Rose Garden Pattern) china had the following readings:
On the center of the food surface of the plate:
Copper (Cu): 188 +/- 48 ppm
Iron (Fe): 934 +/- 207 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 40 +/- 16 ppm ...
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Oneida Culinaria “Fully Vitrified” Bowl: 33 ppm Lead (on the logo), Lead-free on the food surface. Safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument (with repeated tests on each component, for a minimum of 60 seconds per test) the small Oneida Culinaria ceramic bowl (with a sort of beige colored glaze) pictured here had the following readings:
Food surface of the bowl:
Zinc (Zn): 25,300 +/- 800 ppm ...
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Vintage Churchill “Made In England” Blue & White Ceramic Dish: 87,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
When tested with an XRF instrument (for a minimum of 60 seconds per test) the food surface of the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 87,700 +/- 2,900 ppm
Barium (Ba): 1,431 +/- 154 ppm
Selenium (Se): 171 +/- 56 ppm
Gold (Au): 209 +/- 89 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 83 +/- ...
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1961 P.D. Eastman’s “Go Dog Go?”: 131 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Arsenic! Are your kid’s books safe? Are they vintage?
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 ...
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Folks have been asking if Lead in vintage books is a real poisoning concern. Here’s my response.
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Random Tamara Stories #1: The time I met Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) & fed his chihuahua sushi in his Lexus.
So... where to start....?
I was 24 years old.
The year was 1994;
I think it must have been October or November.
...I had gotten married (to my first husband, who I had been living with for four years) on May 8, 1994. I lost the baby - we had a miscarriage of our daughter - in July [my ...
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