The Original Red Plate Company: 36,100 ppm lead & 3,354 ppm cadmium.
Made in Germany; 1979.
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#Leaded: Vintage Anchor Plate
Vintage Anchor Hocking Plate: 44,700 ppm lead.
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Older Corelle Iris Design White Glass Plate: 1,895 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids).
Older Corelle plate with decorative iris pattern
Year of manufacture of this exact plate pictured here (the one I tested) is not known, however my readers updated me (August 2019) to tell me they have purchased this exact design (new at the store) in 1989 AND in 2019! I would be very interested in ...
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#Leaded: Blue Glass Plate
Blue glass plate purchased new (c. 2002): 870 ppm Lead. While this may be "fully encased"/ not bio-available, it is still not worth the risk for me to have something like this in my home. These were mine. I got rid of them. The blue glass can go either way (some pieces are not positive for high ...
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#Leaded: MSE Plate
MSE Plate: 16,128 ppm lead, 11,318 ppm arsenic. Is this
"Martha Stewart Everyday"??? Will update if someone can confirm for me. Thanks!
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#Leaded: Tiffany & Co., “Nature” 1996
Tiffany Nature; Made in England, 1996: 62,500 ppm lead
(both sides were positive for lead at the same levels.)
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#Leaded: Vintage Switch Plate
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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