Vintage China, #1424 (no other information about maker).
Tested with an XRF instrument. Positive for lead at 2,989 +/- 121 ppm. For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead ...
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#Leaded: Royal Crown 905
Royal Crown, Pattern #905.
Tested with an XRF instrument. Positive for lead at 6,971 +/- 181 ppm. For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead content as detectible with an ...
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#Leaded: Crown Royal Bone China, B 76 2
Crown Royal Bone China - B 76 2, Made in England.
Tested with an XRF instrument. Positive for lead at 70,900 +/- 1,900 ppm. For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead ...
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Royal Albert South Pacific Bone China: 53,300 ppm Lead + Cadmium
Royal Albert South Pacific Bone China, Made in England.
When tested with an XRF instrument this dish was positive for lead at 53,300 +/- 1,800 ppm lead & cadmium (Cd) at 36 +/- 13 ppm.
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#Leaded: Crown Royal Bone China E 76 5
Crown Royal Bone China, Made in England.
Tested with an XRF instrument. Positive for lead at 66,800 +/- 1,700 ppm lead. For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead content ...
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Many assume “Made in England” is Lead-free. Nope! 1982 Myott Finlandia Pattern: 35,500 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe).
Myott Finlandia 1982 Fine Staffordshire Ware, Made in England.
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here was positive for :ead at the following level:
Lead (Pb): 35,500 +/- 1,100 ppm
Note: this dish was "Non-Detect" (negative) for Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As), and ...
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#Leaded: Athol Fine Bone China, England
Athol Fine Bone China. Made in England.
Tested with an XRF instrument. Positive for lead at 61,400 +/- 1,500 ppm lead. For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead content as ...
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#Leaded: Royal Sutherland Fine Bone China
Tested postive for lead with an XRF instrument.
52,100 +/- 1,300 ppm lead (Pb).
For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything 90 ppm or higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated for total lead content as detectible with an XRF instrument. ...
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Throughout all that has happened in the past two years, I have drawn enormous strength from the fact that the majority of my friends and sponsors have stuck by me and continued to support my independent advocacy work helping families protect their children from being exposed to lead in their homes ...
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#MenstrualCupGate2018
I've created this post as a bit of a wrap-up/timeline for the menstrual cups testing I did, including the results posted here and on Facebook as well as the company responses received from Lena.
February 4th, I posted initial test results post on Facebook (Lena Cup)
February 5th, I updated ...
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#LeadFree: Green Silicone Eva Cup
Eva Cup: Tested negative for lead (Pb), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg), but consistent with most of the silicone products I have tested it was positive for trace cadmium (Cd). I did two tests:
One came in at 12 +/- 6 ppm Cd
The second test came in at 18 +/- 7 ppm Cd
Tested with an ...
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Rae Dunn (By Magenta) Naughty & Nice Christmas Plate: 2,363 ppm Lead + Arsenic, too!
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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). ...
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Rae Dunn Collectors are SO upset that I found lead in these pieces that…
Updated: 12/23/2018
Rae Dunn Collectors are SO upset that I found lead in these pieces that...
... folks have taken to writing false and slanderous statements about me publicly on social media (in an effort to disprove my findings!) Oy! [We've saved screenshots, and hopefully it will stop!] ...
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#LeadFree: Luna Cup, Purple
As with all of the menstrual cups I have tested so far (from four different brands: Lena, Luna, Diva and Eva) this brand-new (was ordered and sent to me directly) purple silicone menstrual cup from Luna was positive for trace cadmium when tested with an XRF instrument.
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