Glazed ceramic earrings: 87,800 ppm lead!
Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content.
Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. ...Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++
Who's to say that these ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Blue Crystal Earrings
Earring: 108,300 ppm lead (leaded crystal).
Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content.
Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. ...Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++
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#SaferChoices: How to choose jewelry that is Lead-free, Cadmium-free & otherwise safe from a toxicant perspective
For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 ...
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2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.
Can gold rings have Lead?
—The answer is, “yes!"
When tested with a a high-precision XRF instrument (in “Consumer Goods Mode”), this 2003 graduating class ring [from Texas A&M University] had the following readings:
9,927 ppm Lead
417,000 ppm Gold
Update: I just learned ...
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Lia Sophia Bracelet: More than 500,000 ppm Lead
The Lia Sophia bracelet pictured here was positive for Lead at more than 500,000 parts per million in the crystals on the front when tested with an XRF instrument. That is 50% Lead.
Sorry I did not take a photo of the front of this bracelet when I tested it. I was actually in an interview ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Vintage Crystal Bracelet
Costume Jewelry bracelet: >100,000 ppm lead, leaded crystal.
Tested with an XRF.
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Click here to learn about #SaferChoices for your family including alternatives like solid silver jewelry marked "925" - with natural stones (not crystals.)
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#LeadedJewelry: Sparkly Headband
Sparkly child's headband - sparkles: 419 ppm lead, jingle bell: no lead!
Tested with an XRF.
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#SaferChoices: I avoid all sparkles (in jewelry and art projects) unless I have tested them myself. The potential for them being leaded (and also then being ingested or inhaled accidentally) is ...
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Jingle bell bracelet (no mark or maker): 889 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with sterling silver if you can.
Originally posted: January 14, 2017
Updated: December 25, 2019
Jingle bell bracelet: 889 ppm Lead.
(otherwise mostly zinc, copper and nickel.)
Tested with an XRF instrument.
The amount of Lead in jewelry marketed and sold as intended for use by adults is not regulated. Kids' items are ...
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#LeadedJewelry: India
Jewelry from India: 335,500 parts per million lead!!!
Tested with an XRF
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Solid silver jewelry marked "925" - with natural stones (not crystals.) ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Vintage Faux Pearls
37,287 ppm Arsenic.
307 ppm Cadmium.
Greater than 10% (>100,000) ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF.
Items intended for children are required by current legislation to be under 90 ppm lead. Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content - especially antique / vintage jewelry ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Owl Pendant
Necklace 271,400 ppm Cadmium -299 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF.
#CadmiumConcerns
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Solid silver jewelry marked "925" - with natural stones (not crystals.) ...
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Dinner Plate (c. 1996-1999), Optima from Mikasa: 45,300 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
Please click on the link to read all of the information I have about this particular dish.
White Ceramic Larger Plate: 45,300 ppm lead.
Optima Super Strong Fine China
Christopher Stuart
Cafe White
"Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof"
Made in Indonesia
"everyday ...
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c. 1996 Mikasa Optima White Bowl, Made in Indonesia: 46,200 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids’ items.)
When tested with an XRF instrument this white ceramic Mikasa bowl tested postive for 46,200 ppm lead. For context: the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the paint, glaze or coating or 100 ppm ...
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#LeadedChina: Optima White Ceramic Plate
White Ceramic Plate: 56,000 ppm lead.
Optima Super Strong Fine China
Christopher Stuart
Cafe White
"Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof"
Made in Indonesia
"everyday dishes"
vintage: 1996 (ish)
Purchased at Mikasa
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Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe ...
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