#LeadedHome: Ring Stand
387,200 parts per million lead (leaded crystal ring stand.) #XRFTesting Choosing products made of leaded crystal supports the work of companies that do lead mining and lead refining. These companies poison the planet and often poison their workers in the process. Please consider alternatives to leaded crystal. Solid sterling silver is an option, stainless steel,…
Gold wedding set (c. 2016): 5,527 ppm Mercury, 1,214 ppm Arsenic (+ Gold, Silver, Titanium & Copper).
Originally written January 14, 2017 Updated (extensively!) February 17, 2020 This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. 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…
#LeadFreeChoices: Spanish Earrings
Earrings from Spain – no lead! “Toledo” style jewelry. Non-detect for lead with an XRF Instrument. Click here for guidelines for #SaferChoices: Including solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with natural stones (not crystals.)
#LeadedJewelry: Crystal Earring
Costume Jewelry Earring: 330,100 ppm lead. Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Who’s to say that these aren’t given to a child to play…
#LeadFreeChoices: Sterling Earrings
Sterling silver earrings: 943,800 parts per million silver! From Bosnia. No Lead. Click here for guidelines for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with natural stones (not crystals.)
#LeadedJewelry: Handmade Ceramic Earrings
Glazed ceramic earrings: 87,800 ppm lead! Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Who’s to say that these aren’t given to a child…
#LeadedJewelry: Blue Crystal Earrings
Earring: 108,300 ppm lead (leaded crystal). Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Click here for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with…
#SaferChoices: How to choose jewelry that is Lead-free, Cadmium-free & otherwise safe from a toxicant perspective
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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…
2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.
Can gold rings have Lead? —The answer is, “yes!” When tested with a a high-precision XRF instrument (in “Consumer Goods Mode”), this 2003 graduating class ring [from Texas A&M University] had the following readings: 9,927 ppm Lead 417,000 ppm Gold Update: I just learned that the Texas A&M class rings have historically been manufactured…
Lia Sophia Bracelet: More than 500,000 ppm Lead
The Lia Sophia bracelet pictured here was positive for Lead at more than 500,000 parts per million in the crystals on the front when tested with an XRF instrument. That is 50% Lead. Sorry I did not take a photo of the front of this bracelet when I tested it. I was actually in an…
#LeadedJewelry: Vintage Crystal Bracelet
Costume Jewelry bracelet: >100,000 ppm lead, leaded crystal. Tested with an XRF. – Click here to learn about #SaferChoices for your family including alternatives like solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with natural stones (not crystals.)
#LeadedJewelry: Sparkly Headband
Sparkly child’s headband – sparkles: 419 ppm lead, jingle bell: no lead! Tested with an XRF. – #SaferChoices: I avoid all sparkles (in jewelry and art projects) unless I have tested them myself. The potential for them being leaded (and also then being ingested or inhaled accidentally) is too great for me personally (as a…
Jingle bell bracelet (no mark or maker): 889 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with sterling silver if you can.
Originally posted: January 14, 2017 Updated: December 25, 2019 Jingle bell bracelet: 889 ppm Lead. (otherwise mostly zinc, copper and nickel.) Tested with an XRF instrument. The amount of Lead in jewelry marketed and sold as intended for use by adults is not regulated. Kids’ items are considered toxic/unsafe if over 90 ppm Lead in…
#LeadedJewelry: India
Jewelry from India: 335,500 parts per million lead!!! Tested with an XRF Click here for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with natural stones (not crystals.)
#LeadedJewelry: Vintage Faux Pearls
37,287 ppm Arsenic. 307 ppm Cadmium. Greater than 10% (>100,000) ppm lead. Tested with an XRF. Items intended for children are required by current legislation to be under 90 ppm lead. Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content – especially antique / vintage jewelry (which may be deteriorating/ chalking into the…
#LeadedJewelry: Owl Pendant
Necklace 271,400 ppm Cadmium -299 ppm lead. Tested with an XRF. #CadmiumConcerns – Click here for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925” – with natural stones (not crystals.)
Dinner Plate (c. 1996-1999), Optima from Mikasa: 45,300 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
Please click on the link to read all of the information I have about this particular dish. White Ceramic Larger Plate: 45,300 ppm lead. Optima Super Strong Fine China Christopher Stuart Cafe White “Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof” Made in Indonesia “everyday dishes” vintage: 1996 -1999 (ish) Purchased at Mikasa To learn more…
c. 1996 Mikasa Optima White Bowl, Made in Indonesia: 46,200 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids’ items.)
When tested with an XRF instrument this white ceramic Mikasa bowl tested postive for 46,200 ppm lead. For context: the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the paint, glaze or coating or 100 ppm Lead (or higher)…
#LeadedChina: Optima White Ceramic Plate
White Ceramic Plate: 56,000 ppm lead. Optima Super Strong Fine China Christopher Stuart Cafe White “Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof” Made in Indonesia “everyday dishes” vintage: 1996 (ish) Purchased at Mikasa —- Tested with an XRF The amount of lead considered unsafe in items intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher….
Bike Lock Key: 4,587 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
Bike lock key: 4,587 ppm lead. The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware and keys) are generally unregulated for total lead content as they are not designed or sold as intended for children. Keys specifically…
Typical American house key #2 – silver finish: 10,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is illegal in items intended for use by kids.
The house key pictured tested positive for 10,700 ppm Lead. How much Lead is too much Lead? The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead in the paint or coating and anything 100 ppm Lead (and up) in the substrate. Items intended for…
Typical American house key: 12,800 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this typical American house door key had the following reading: 12,800 ppm Lead How much Lead is “too much” Lead? The current amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal) in an item “intended for use by children” is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the paint, glaze…
#Leaded: Black Sunbeam Crock-Pot Brand Ceramic Liner
Sunbeam Products Crock-Pot: Black inside of ceramic liner 81 ppm lead. Bare ceramic edge on bottom: 158 ppm lead Non detect for cadmium, mercury, arsenic. #XRFTesting Tested with an XRF If you have to use a crock pot or slow cooker I recommend this one, because it has a stainless steel liner (even though the…
#LeadedCrocks: Tru Crock Black Glazed Ceramic Liner
TRU crockpot set, ceramic liner 135 ppm lead #XRFTesting Tested with an XRF For lead-free slow-cooker options click here.