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#LeadedAppliances: c. 2010 Cuisinart Blender

Newer (c. 2014) Yellow Fiestaware Plate: Lead-free, Cadmium-free & Arsenic-free!

Newer Tangerine Orange Fiesta Bowl: 227 ppm Cadmium (& Lead-free). Fiesta is aware their products have Cadmium.

Modern Fiestaware Dark Blue Bowl: 50 ppm Arsenic (but Lead Free!) Wait. What? Arsenic?

Newer Fiestaware Purple Bowl: 67 ppm Cadmium [but Lead-free]

#AskTamara: Does Vintage Fiestaware Have Lead? Does New Fiestaware Have Lead?

#LeadFreeDishes: Newer Fiestaware Mug and Saucer

Modern White Fiestaware Tea Cup: 40 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument (safe by all standards).

Newer (c. 2012?) Fiestaware Pitchers: 240 ppm Cadmium (in the orange) + 52 ppm Lead (in the yellow).

Cadmium Concerns

Newer white Fiestaware dishes (c. 2016): 33 ppm Lead. This is considered safe by all standards.

#LeadSafeDishes; Target Home White Plate

#LeadedDishes: Vintage Metal Toy Plate

1970s Yellow Plastic “Ingrid” – Made In Chicago Dishes: 4,002 ppm Lead + 1,025 ppm Arsenic

#LeadFree: White Crate & Barrel Dishes

Vintage Arcoroc Glass Plate: 256 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe in items intended for use by children.

#LeadFreeDishes: Ikea (blue)

#LeadSafeDishes: Red & White Plate

Door Handles / Door Knobs – Newish, c. 2015: 28,200 ppm Lead (on a home in Maine).

Speaking Engagements

Lead-Free Measuring Cup Choices

#LeadFree: Handmade Ceramic Mug

Lead-Safe Handmade Mug

#LeadFree: Irish Coffee Mugs