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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Recent & Important Articles:
Vintage Sheraton Pattern English Saucer by Johnson Brothers: 77,498 ppm Lead [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Sheraton Pattern, "Made in England" saucer,
manufactured by Johnson Brothers.
77,498 ppm Lead (Pb)
12,637 ppm Arsenic (As)
For context: the amount of lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is anything that is positive for 90 ppm Lead (or ...
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Vintage Johnson Bros. Hearts & Flowers Mug: 50,600 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe & illegal for new items made for use by kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument this "Made in England", Johnson Brothers Mug was positive for 50,600 ppm Lead in the glaze.
Originally written November 23, 2017
Updated December 1, 2019
How much Lead is too much Lead?
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Holiday 2017 Affiliate Link
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Scientific Study: Potential Hazard of Lead in Decorated Glassware
Published: November 23, 2017
Here's a direct link to the study on PubMed.
Click the image below to read the full article shown below from IFL Science!
"Dr Andrew Turner of the University of Plymouth, UK tested a range of glass products used for storing liquids, both new and second hand. These ...
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#Leaded: Vintage “Spring Blossom Green” Pattern (Crazy Daisy) Pyrex Casserole, c. 1972 to 1979
Vintage Pyrex "Spring Blossom Green" pattern casserole: 110,000 ppm lead in the white flowers.
It just takes a microscopic amount of lead to poison a child.
The amount of lead that is considered toxic for children in a new / modern item created and sold as intended to be used by a child is 90 ppm ...
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#LeadSafe: Polish Ceramic Dishes
Polish dishes.
Small bowl: 99 ppm lead, 37 ppm Cadmium, 1175 ppm Chromium (non-detect for As & Hg)
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Pasta dish: 192 ppm lead, 22 ppm arsenic
(non-detect for Cr / Hg / Cd.)
Tested with an XRF in 2016.
These are within safe "range" for this sort of thing, and for decorative dishes they are ...
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Chateau Buffet Bowl, Made In USA
Chateau Buffet - USA made - 140,000 ppm lead!
The amount of lead in dishes is not specifically regulated (as a portion of content.) The thing that is regulated (in some areas) with newer items is the amount that leaches into food. If you have older dishes with high levels of lead, all bets are off. ...
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Target Home American Simplicity
Bowl from Target that I tested with a Niton XRF (same instrument used by the CPSC to test for toxicants): apprx 34,000 ppm lead on the inside & 21,000 ppm lead on the outside. For more information about my concern for lead in dishes... Check out this link: ...
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Our Thanksgiving Tradition: Music, History, Storytelling & Humor! Alice’s Restaurant – the song!
Every Thanksgiving with my mother (Helene), growing up in Hingham, Mass we would listen to Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant! Since we were from Massachusetts (and since it was the 1970s!!!) it felt like home, like our very own anthem! (I miss you mom!)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
They ...
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A friend shared this with me (meme)…
I just wanted to share this on my blog. I don't know the original source, but it seems totally appropriate!
[If you know the original source I would be happy to add that as a credit]
Happy Thanksgiving and may you have fun along your way even if things don't go as planned!
Tamara ...
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We keep a vegan home & I haven’t cooked a turkey in more than two decades, but here is what I would use IF I were going to cook a turkey!
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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2017 (?) Blue Hydro Flask
Newer (2017?) Hydro Flask.
Tested in June of 2017.
Lead Free!
Newer Hydro Flasks (2017 and newer, based on what I have tested) seem to be consistently lead-free! In 2015/2016 Hydro Flask had offered to replace the older leaded products with a lead-free product, so it might be worth giving them a ...
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A Tale of Two Hydro Flasks: Leaded & Not!
Newer Green (Columbia) Hydro Flask:
#LeadFree!
Tested in August 2017
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Older Orange Hydro Flask (pre-2013), center sealing dot on bottom:
177,500 ppm Lead.
Good job on getting the Lead out, Hydro Flask!
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a ...
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