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Vintage "Fish" dinner plate by Johnson Brothers,
"Made in England"
"Design No. 3"
"A genuine hand engraving"
"All decoration under the glaze. Detergent & acid resisting colour."
For those new ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
#NLR: Charlie’s Christmas Tree Lighting Contest Submission Letter
Last month Oregon's Governor Kate Brown held an essay contest for Oregon 4th graders. For the contest children had to answer the question "Why do you love spending time in the Oregon outdoors?” The winner of the contest would get a trip to Washington, D.C. to the national Christmas tree lighting ...
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NLR: Oregon Fourth Grade Kids Can Cut Their Own Christmas Tree For Free!
#NLR = Not Lead Related*
Charlie Rubin, my 10-year old son, got this letter from Oregon's Governor Kate Brown last week (image below).
He wrote an essay and entered a contest to try winning a trip to Washington, D.C. to represent Oregon in lighting the Capital's Christmas tree this year. This ...
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Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup: 32,500 ppm Lead (in exterior markings). [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup, c. 2006
When tested with an XRF instrument the red painted markings on the exterior of this glass Anchor Hocking brand one-cup measuring cup (purchased new around 2006) had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 32,500 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/ND ...
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October 2018 #LeadSafeMama – Financial Update
Hello readers! Thank you for supporting my lead poisoning prevention advocacy and independent consumer goods testing in ALL the ways!
Below is a summary for total $ earned via this advocacy work in October 2018. If you have ideas and ways I can earn more $ so I can keep doing what I do... I am ...
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October 2018 #LeadSafeMama Stats
Each month I like to track our reach and impact and to share it with you, the readers of this blog, so you can see what you are helping to create in the world (especially so you can see how many lives this work is impacting!)
Today I have posted three (3) graphics below. If you are interested in ...
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Rosary Bead Charm – Positive for Lead at 5,190 ppm. 90 ppm & up is unsafe for children.
The metal charm on the rosary bead strand pictured here was positive for Lead (Pb) at 5,190 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument.
The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in an item made for use by children specifically is anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the substrate or anything 90 ppm ...
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Vintage Blue Pyrex Glass Mugs: 71,800 ppm Lead + 697 ppm Arsenic [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Pyrex Mugs: The blue paint on these mugs tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument):
Lead (Pb): 71,800 +/- 2,200 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 697 +/- 43 ppm
Arsenic (As): ND
Mercury (Hg): ND
Platinum (Pt): ...
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2012 Mardi Gras Beads: 15,800 ppm Lead (Pb) [90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids!] & 2,028 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer).
Blue Metallic Plastic Mardi Gras Beads.
When filming for my documentary in New Orleans in February of 2012 we collected quite a few sets of Mardi Gras beads, including this set.
When tested with an XRF instrument the blue plastic beads pictured had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 15,800 ...
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2014 Golden Mardi Gras Beads; 1,127 ppm Lead (Pb). 90 ppm & up is unsafe! Please don’t let children play with these.
Gold Plastic Mardi Gras Beads from 2014.
In 2014 I did an outreach event at the Charleston Children's Museum and did XRF testing of consumer goods for folks who came to the museum that day.
A nanny came up to my table pushing a toddler in her stroller and I noticed the toddler had these beads ...
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Smithsonian Magazine: The Toxic Truth Behind Mardi Gras Beads, an article from 2017.
My "favorite" quote from the article:
To see several sets of Mardi Gras beads that I have tested, Click Here.
Smithsonian Magazine Article
Published: March 8, 2017
By: David Redmon
"Every year, 25 million pounds of plastic beads made by Chinese factory workers get dumped on the ...
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XRF Test Results For Portmeirion “The Botanic Garden” Plate, c. 1972
As expected (based on the testing of this brand that I have done to date) the food surface of this plate was positive for high levels of lead when tested with an XRF instrument.
To learn more about XRF testing, click here.
Here's the XRF test results for this exact piece:
Lead (Pb): 41,100 ...
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Vintage (1995-1997) Corningware Rosemarie Tulip Pattern Oven Casserole: 8,164 ppm Lead + 165 ppm Cadmium
As expected, the exterior decorative pink painted tulip pattern on this vintage Rose Marie Tulip Pattern Corning casserole was positive for high levels of lead when tested with an XRF instrument.
To learn more about XRF testing, click here.
Here's the XRF test results for the exterior design on ...
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XRF Test Results For Vintage WWII Era Coffee, Tea & Biscuit Tins.
When testing the World War II era food storage tins (using XRF technology) I found that they were painted with high lead paint.
Please take a close look at the photo (below) and see how much of the paint has worn off of these canisters over the years.
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