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 testing (a ...
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Sango Vega Aqua Square Ceramic Dish: 1,219 ppm Lead (90 is considered unsafe in items for use by kids).
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When tested with an XRF instrument the green and white Sango brand dish pictured here had the ...
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Target Threshold Small Green “Joy” Stoneware Dish: 255 ppm Lead (90 is considered unsafe in items for use by kids)
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 ...
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Target Threshold Tiny Orange Stoneware Dish: 362 ppm Cadmium + 87 ppm Lead.
When tested with an XRF instrument the (tiny) orange and white Threshold brand dish (from Target) pictured here had the following readings:
Test focused on area of dish with orange glaze:
(this glaze is inside on the food-surface of the dish)
Cadmium (Cd): 362 +/- 24 ppm
Barium (Ba): ...
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Target Threshold Small Orange Stoneware Dish: 384 ppm Cadmium + 108 ppm Lead.
When tested with an XRF instrument the orange and white Threshold brand dish (from Target) pictured here had the following readings:
Test focused on area of dish with orange glaze:
(this glaze is inside and outside of dish & had similar readings in both locations.)
Cadmium (Cd): ...
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Corelle Coordinates White Stoneware Dish with Black Stripe Design: 92 ppm Lead (within safe range).
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Test focused on area of dish with black stripe:
Lead (Pb): 92 +/- 34 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,744 +/- 235 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 1,999 +/- 185 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 95 +/- 45 ppm
Tin (Sn): 303 +/- 47 ppm ...
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Corelle Coordinates White Porcelain Mug with Black Stripe Design: 6,300 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe in kids’ items.)
When tested with an XRF instrument the mug pictured here had the following readings:
Test focused on area of mug with black stripe:
Lead (Pb): 6,300 +/- 157 ppm
Barium (Ba): 184 +/- 50 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 791 +/- 104 ppm
Tin (Sn): 48 +/- 15 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 11,500 +/- 300 ppm ...
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Corelle Coordinates White Porcelain Mug: 24 ppm Lead, considered safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument the mug pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the mug:
Lead (Pb): 24 +/- 12 ppm
Iron (Fe): 2,220 +/- 207 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 158 +/- 17 ppm
Vanadium (V): 93 +/- 21 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 143 +/- 29 ppm
Logo area on bottom of ...
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Wood-Look “SOCI” Ceramic Tile, Marquette Trellis Pattern: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
No metals detect in Consumer Goods mode.
Back (unglazed) side of the tile:
Vanadium (V): 121 +/- 51 ppm
No other metals detected.
Metals not found are not listed. ...
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White Subway-Tile Style Ceramic Tile by “Cabinet Concepts”: 110 +/- 17 ppm Lead (in substrate), safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Barium (Ba): 548 +/- 105 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 65,900 +/- 2,100 ppm
Copper (Cu): 361 +/- 75 ppm
Iron (Fe): 657 +/- 178 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 214 +/- 68 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): ...
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Wood-Look (Gray-ish) Ceramic Tile: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Barium (Ba): 162 +/- 55 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 950 +/- 94 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 10,600 +/- 400 ppm
Copper (Cu): 120 +/- 43 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 230 +/- 77 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,825 ...
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Hexagon Polished Wooden Beige Tile: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Iron (Fe): 428 +/- 138 ppm
some readings were also negative for all metals (depending on the color-range of the glaze captured in the scope of the XRF.)
Back (unglazed) ...
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The top 250 cities around the world where people are reading the Lead Safe Mama site in 2019
Scroll down to see the top 250 cities around the world where the #LeadSafeMama website is read (the full list is over 19,200 cities!), with the number of people in that city who have been reading the site since January 1, 2019.
I just find these lists from Google Analytics absolutely ...
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Are you interested in having your business sponsor the work of Lead Safe Mama? [We've been getting a LOT of inquires ever since our posts about finding Lead in vintage Tupperware went viral!]
We're pretty picky about which companies we choose to partner with in sponsoring this work, because we ...
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