When tested with an XRF instrument this Limoges floral pattern dish by Haviland & Co., Haviland France had the following readings:
On the food surface - with the scope on the flowers the center:
Lead (Pb): 2,337 +/- 62 ppm
Arsenic (As): 366 +/- 41 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,273 +/- 230 ppm ...
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August 2019 just popped into 6th place in the race for #BestMonthEver on the LeadSafeMama website
Sunday, August 25, 2019
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This morning, August 2019 became #LeadSafeMama's 6th best month ever passing 174,000 unique page views total (with March 2019 still in first place at a seemingly untouchable 1.3 million views in one month). As of posting this update on Sunday afternoon ...
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The story of the mermaid necklace that my son Charlie just “had to have”: 45,100 ppm Lead (Renaissance Faire Find.)
This summer my friend Katie gave us free tickets to go the Oregon Renaissance Festival (what a treat - we never had gone in our 17+ years of living in Oregon!) My 11-year-old son had scrimped and saved, and brought all his savings – $15.00 in spending money with him – hoping to find a treasure to ...
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Replica “piece of eight” bought at 2019 Oregon Renaissance Faire: 1,497 ppm Antimony-a known carcinogen. NOT A TOY!
When tested with an XRF instrument the copy / replica / "toy" "Pieces of Eight" coin pictured here (an item which was purchased at the Oregon Renaissance Festival / Faire in the summer of 2019) had the following readings:
Chromium (Cr): 204 +/- 127 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 1,497 +/- 213 ppm ...
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Yesterday I earned $48.85 in Amazon Affiliate income thanks to your clicks!
Buying Groceries? Bandaids? Back To School Supplies? For good measure (to help my Amazon earnings for today - in case you happen to be shopping) here's my Amazon affiliate link for the lead-free dishes we use every day in ...
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Vintage Thermos lunchbox: Positive for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium — a LUNCHBOX! (Don’t let kids use this)
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2012 Pottery Barn Emma Made In Portugal White Ceramic Saucer: 52 +/- 17 ppm Lead (Pb). Safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument this Emma design white ceramic saucer Made in Portugal for the Pottery Barn label (which the owner says she purchased new c. 2012) had the following readings:
Bottom of saucer (logo area):
Lead (Pb): 52 +/- 17 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 22,800 +/- 700 ppm
Copper ...
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Arzberg white ceramic dinner plate, made in Germany – c. 1987 – 1992: Lead-safe when tested with an XRF instrument [55 ppm].
When tested with an XRF instrument, the white ceramic Arzberg (Germany) dish pictured here (purchased by the owner at Crate & Barrel sometime between 1987 and 1992) had the following readings...
Bottom of plate (over logo area):
Lead (Pb): 55 +/- 13 ppm
Iron (Fe): 2,497 +/- 219 ppm ...
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#AskTamara: Before a playdate do you ask, “Is there a gun in the house?” I do – and here’s why…
I've been a mother for more than 23 years now. My first son was born in 1996 (and the youngest of my four sons just turned 11 in July). Ever since my children were small, I have had conditions for playdates [and then later, once my children were Lead-poisoned, my conditions became more numerous - ...
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More than one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) folks have read LeadSafeMama.com in the past 12 months!
The numbers in the image here are from the Google Analytics profile for this website this evening (August 20th), for stats from August 21, 2018 through August 20, 2019 - exactly one year. In this past 12 months this site has had 2,780,310 unique page views by 1,500,688 unique visitors.
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1974 Fisher Price Cash Register Toy: 3,461 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids), 5,304 ppm Cadmium + 224 ppm Arsenic.
1974 Vintage Fisher Price Cash Register Toy
Below are the XRF test results for the item pictured here. Each component was tested for a minimum of 60 seconds. Test results are science-based and replicable.
For context:
90 ppm Lead (and above) is the current level that is considered ...
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Blue Willow Style Woods Burslem England Seaforth Bowl (Enoch 1784 & Ralph 1750): 44,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe)
When tested with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 44,200 +/- 1,100 ppm
Barium (Ba): 419 +/- 76 ppm
Tin (Sn): 277 +/- 27 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 81 +/- 26 ppm
Copper (Cu): 86 +/- 40
Iron (Fe): 1,417 +/- 191 ppm
Vanadium (V): 553 +/- 63 ...
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Portmeirion “The Botanic Garden Circa 1818” Coffee Mug, 1972: 49,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe) + Cadmium too.
I do not know the exact year of manufacture of this piece, however the markings indicated it was made in 1972 or later. It is a Portmeirion piece from the collection marked as "The Botanic Garden Circa 1818" and it also has the date "1972" on the bottom as well as the words "Susan Williams-Ellis", ...
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