When tested with an XRF instrument this Mexican glazed ceramic bowl - with bird design on the inside had the following readings on the food-surface of the bowl:
Lead (Pb): 51,608 ppm
Mercury (Hg): >100,000 ppm (greater than 10% Mercury in the glaze)
Arsenic (As): 31,350 ...
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Yellow Ceramic Target Home Bowl
Yellow Glzed Ceramic Cereal Bowl: LEAD FREE!
Tested with an XRF (tested "non-detect" for lead)
Target "Home" • Dishwasher Safe, Microwave Safe, Made in China.
For More Safer Choices For Your Family Click Here! ...
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Ceramic Child’s mug with Teddy Bear: 15,000 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is illegal in modern items intended for use by kids.
Ceramic Baby Cup with Teddy Bear: 15,000 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF instrument.
The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for use by children is anything 90 ppm Lead and higher in the paint, glaze or coating and anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the ...
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Classic Ceramics California Pantry Mug
Classic Ceramics, California Pantry, 1998.
Ceramic Mug, Made in Indonesia: 6,913 ppm lead, 532 ppm Cadmium.
#XRFTesting
FYI: The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware) are ...
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Blue Corelle Stoneware Mug
Blue Corelle Ceramic Mug: 95 ppm Lead. Made in Thailand.
#XRFTesting
FYI: The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware) are generally unregulated for total lead content. This mug ...
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“Classic Greek” Ceramic Coffee Cup!
Coffee cup , ceramic: no lead, no cadmium, no mercury!
Woohoo!
#XRFTesting
FYI: The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware) are generally unregulated for total lead ...
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Ceramic Cow Creamer; Circa 2010
Ceramic cream cow: 85 ppm lead (purchased at Modcloth).
#XRFTesting
This item is considered lead-safe by all standards. The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware) are generally ...
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#Random, 6th Grade
Because this is my blog and I can post whatever I want here... I thought it would be fun/ funny to re-share this photo of my 6th grade class (Foster School, Mr. Collins, 1980, Hingham Mass!) with the world. Thanks Paula for sharing this photo with me.
Looking back on the past provides so much ...
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Portland Public Schools Bond – Lead Crusade
My family received this in the mail yesterday (4/27/2017). It is a political mass mailing about the 2017 Portland Public Schools Bond Measure 26-193, coming up for a vote next month (here in Portland, Oregon - USA.) I will be writing a blog post about my thoughts in response to this bond this ...
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My “Top 11” #AdvocacyGoalsRevised
I am really enjoying reading all of the other / alternate memes of 10 that have come up...(based on the "10-concerts" game floating around Facebook right now)...
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Here's my version:
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Top 10+ #LeadPoisoningPrevention Advocacy Goals/ Dreams:
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1. Change the national legislation so ALL SCHOOLS ...
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Facebook Reach (Past 28 days!) #MoreFunFacts
Here's a chart showing the international impact of my Facebook reach for the past 28 days (on just one of my pages)... this is also a super fun set of information! Look at all the countries represented! There are three images below (because I could not capture the full chart in one screenshot) and ...
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Fun with #SiteStats… Do I have an international reach? Why yes!
Today I answered a questionnaire that was sent to lead poisoning prevention advocates around the country. It wanted to know if I had a local, national or international reach. I checked "International" without really thinking about it... because off the top of my head I know I am working with/ ...
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Across Los Angeles, toxic lead harms children in neighborhoods rich and poor
Here is the article that I helped with (behind the scenes) this past month. [I helped connect the journalist with families in Los Angeles whose children had been exposed to lead hazards.] A special thanks to my friends who took the time to chat with the reporter! The more personal stories we share ...
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Are 3M LeadCheck Swabs “Safe”? I saw on the package that they contain LEAD!
Originally published December, 2013
Updated April 2017
I get this question every now and then - so I thought I would post the question and my answer here. I also asked the folks at 3M for their take:
Question:
Hi Tamara,
I read the back of our lead testing kit, and was so disappointed ...
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