Vintage switch plate for lights in an older home: 2,370 ppm lead.
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#Leaded: 1982 Myott Finlandia Plate
1982 "Myott Finlandia" large plate: 67,026 ppm lead.
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Linens & Things White Ceramic Cake Platter: 9,331 ppm Lead. [Context: 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this "Linens & Things" brand cake platter (year unknown - 2014 or earlier) tested positive for the following amount of Lead:
Lead (Pb): 9,331 ppm
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Myth: “Plain white china is usually Lead-free.” For your consideration, Homer Laughlin Ceramic Plate: 75,032 ppm Lead.
White plate by Homer Laughlin: 75,032 ppm Lead.
Pre-2015, exact year unknown. Made in U.S.A.
There's a common myth circulating around the internet (and among home hazard assessors and others in the business of Lead poisoning prevention too) that plain white simple ceramic dishes are generally ...
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How Important Is Lead Poisoning to Becoming a Legendary Artist?
This article originally appeared in "The Atlantic" in November of 2013.
"In 1713, Italian physician Bernardinus Ramazzini described in his De Morbis Artificum Diatriba a mysterious set of symptoms he was noticing among artists:
'Of the many painters I have known, almost all I found unhealthy … ...
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Amazon is selling lead paint, let’s complain!
In searching for leaded items on Amazon yesterday (things being intentionally sold and marketed as containing lead) I learned Amazon is selling lead paint (leaded artists paints, specifically!) Please click through on this links (just click the images below) to these two products and help me change ...
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1992 Study: Potential lead exposures from lead crystal decanters.
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"The consumption of alcoholic beverages stored in lead crystal decanters is judged to pose a hazard." ...
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New s%*t you can buy TODAY on Amazon that is intentionally made with lead….
Today in 2017 (almost 2018) things are being made and sold with high levels of toxic lead every single day! Think this is not true? Check out the following products and links! [Please click on each of the product images to read the full details about each of these products!]
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Glass Reusable Drinking Straws
#AskTamara: What reusable straws do you use?
Someone recently asked me about straws.
All of the reusable straws I have tested so far have been lead-free, both the plain glass and plain stainless steel ones.
I really like the glass ones because you can see inside and know if they are clean ...
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German/ Bohemia Thun China Bowl
Small china bowl:
white in center: 23 ppm lead &
trim on edge: 1,327 ppm lead.
Vintage, Made in Germany - TK Thun, Bohemia.
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Blue and White Sango Brand Bowl Purchased at Target or Bed, Bath & Beyond: 2,701 ppm Lead.
The owner of this blue and white Sango brand bowl told me it was either purchased at Target (or possibly Bed Bath and Beyond?). It is marked "Made in China". When tested with an XRF instrument it was positive 2,701 ppm Lead.
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Marine Commissary WW2 Dish: 43,200 ppm Lead
WWII US Marine Commissary Vitrified China dish,
by Sterling,
East Liverpool, Ohio: 43,200 ppm LEAD.
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Fire King Tulip Pattern Bowl Set: 19,300 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for items used by children.
Vintage "Fire King" tulip bowl set: 19,300 ppm lead.
The amount of lead that is toxic in items intended for children is 90 parts per million and higher. Total lead content in vintage dishware is not regulated at all.
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Johnson Brothers Bowl
One more for Nicole! Newer Johnson Brothers (replica of the similar Finlandia pattern) this bowl was super low at only 138 ppm lead. This a level that most would consider to be #LeadSafe. Age unknown.
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