Today I am posting images of the various ice cream scoops I have tested with an XRF instrument that have tested positive for lead.
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In the many years that I have been testing consumer goods I have consistently found at least trace lead ...
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#Leaded: Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Scoop…
Baskin Robbins Brand Ice Cream Scoop: 1,040 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF instrument.
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Would you like some lead (or cadmium or arsenic) with that ice cream?
Vintage Ice Cream Scoop.
Metal: 28 ppm lead - considered safe by all standards.
Red Plastic Handle: 3,091 ppm cadmium / 26 ppm Arsenic.
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Most ice cream scoops I have tested (especially the vintage ones) have tested positive for at least some lead with an XRF.
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#LeadFreeGlass! Random!
No lead! No Mercury ! No arsenic.
I'll ask my friend Sarah where she bought this!
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2008 White Ceramic Starbucks Coffee Holiday Mug: 11,200 ppm Lead
2008 White Ceramic Starbucks Coffee Holiday Mug: Tested positive for lead with levels as high as 11,200 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument.
An item like this will not likely test positive with a LeadCheck swab. You can read more about that here.
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Grandma’s Rubber Grapes, With a Side of Lead!
Rubber Centerpiece FauxGrapes: 704 ppm lead.
Did your grandma have these in the middle of her dining room table? They were so chewy!
I distinctly remember taking them from the centerpiece and chewing them like gum!
The current hazard level for items intended for children is 90 ppm ...
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#LeadedMugs; Dollar Store – #1 Mom!
901 ppm lead. #DollarStore, Purchased c. 2010.
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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 as detectable with an ...
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Older [Pre-2010] Robeez-Style Baby Shoes: 626 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered illegal & unsafe for kids today.
Originally posted February 2017
Updated November 2019
When tested with an XRF instrument, this older Robeez* baby shoe tested positive for Lead with the following readings:
626 ppm Lead (yellow areas of the shoe)
264 ppm Lead (red areas of this shoe)
40 ppm Lead (brown sole of the ...
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2011 Ceramic Lined Stainless Steel Starbucks Travel Mug: 63,549 ppm Lead. Context – 90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items!
Starbucks 2011 Ceramic Lined Travel Mug- (broke in shipping).
Inside of mug / white ceramic liner / the part that touches the coffee:
63,549 ppm Lead (ummmm huh!?).
The above number is the level of Lead found when testing the mug using XRF technology. To learn more about XRF testing, Click ...
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#Leaded: 2006 White Ceramic Lined Stainless Steel Starbucks Coffee Brand Travel Mug
2006 Starbucks Mug. Made in China. Interior & exterior white glaze: 66 ppm lead.
Logo (words): 1,122 ppm lead & 266 ppm arsenic.
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#LeadedMugs: Starbucks White Mug, 2016
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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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Starbucks Coffee Recycled Glass Tumbler: 1,732 ppm Lead [For context: 100 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in toys.]
The Starbucks Coffee Brand slightly green tinted tumbler / glass pictured here had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Lead (Pb): 1,732 +/- 96 ppm
Mercury (Hg): Negative/Non-Detect (ND)
Arsenic (As): Negative/Non-Detect (ND)
Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect ...
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My friend invited me to a testing party—what the heck is a “testing party?”
Question: Tamara, my friend invited me to a testing party. What the heck is a testing party and why was I invited?
Answer: Your friend probably likes you a lot! She is likely an environmentally conscious person with a concern for your health and well-being and a ...
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#AskTamara: Q. Does my child’s trumpet mouthpiece have unsafe levels of lead? A. “Yes, most do.” Click the image to learn more.
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Question: Does my child's trumpet mouthpiece contain unsafe levels of lead?
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Answer: In most cases, yes.
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Please continue reading below for more information.
Leaded Trumpet Mouthpieces.
Only one of the mouthpieces pictured here has no ...
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