Originally written: January 3, 2017
Updated: March 6, 2020
Butterfly Brand Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker - Made in India
The inside nut (valve cover / end) on the Butterfly brand pressure cooker pictured above (made in India, and brought with the family to the United States when they moved here ...
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#LeadedAppliances: c. 2010 Cuisinart Blender
Cuisinart Blender Circa 2010.
Purchased at Costco.
Center nut on top of blade tested positive with 7,941 parts per million (ppm) lead.
It is the yellowish leaded brass circle in the center of the blade.
No mercury, no cadmium.
Tested with an XRF
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#XRFTesting
#LeadedDishes • ...
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Newer (c. 2014) Yellow Fiestaware Plate: Lead-free, Cadmium-free & Arsenic-free!
Fiestaware yellow plate - newish (as of 2014).
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
Some ...
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Newer Tangerine Orange Fiesta Bowl: 227 ppm Cadmium (& Lead-free). Fiesta is aware their products have Cadmium.
When tested with an XRF instrument the newer (c. 2012 - 2016) Fiestaware tangerine orange bowl pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
Cadmium (Cd): 227 ppm
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Please ...
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Modern Fiestaware Dark Blue Bowl: 50 ppm Arsenic (but Lead Free!) Wait. What? Arsenic?
When tested with an XRF instrument this modern Fiestaware dark blue bowl had the following readings:
non-detect (negative) for Lead,
non-detect (negative) for Mercury,
non-detect (negative) for Cadmium,
This dish tested positive for Arsenic at 50 ppm.
While I am NOT an expert in ...
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Newer Fiestaware Purple Bowl: 67 ppm Cadmium [but Lead-free]
Whent tested with an XRF instrument this newer Fiestaware purple bowl had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
Cadmium (Cd): 67 ppm
The level of Cadmium found in this bowl is considered a ...
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#AskTamara: Does Vintage Fiestaware Have Lead? Does New Fiestaware Have Lead?
#AskTamara
Questions:
Does Vintage Fiestaware Have Lead?
Does New Fiestaware Have Lead?
Answers: Definitely yes & sometimes yes!
Below is a vintage teal colored Fiestaware custard cup. When tested with an XRF instrument it was positive for lead (Pb) at 73,500 ppm (seventy three ...
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#LeadFreeDishes: Newer Fiestaware Mug and Saucer
Newer Fiestaware Coffee Cup & Saucers:
NO LEAD. However positive for approximately 130 ppm Cadmium.
Cadmium is most often found in ceramics that are painted with reds, yellows or oranges, or other colors that may have those colors as part of the formula.
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Please read about my concerns ...
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Modern White Fiestaware Tea Cup: 40 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument (safe by all standards).
When this newer modern white Fiestaware tea cup (purchased c. October 2014) was tested with an XRF instrument it had the following reading:
Lead (Pb): 40 +/- 14 ppm
The amount of lead considered unsafe in items intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher in the paint or coating or ...
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Newer (c. 2012?) Fiestaware Pitchers: 240 ppm Cadmium (in the orange) + 52 ppm Lead (in the yellow).
Fiestaware pitchers (newer):
Yellow pitcher: 52 ppm Lead.
Newer orange pitcher: 240 ppm Cadmium (no lead.)
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Almost lead-free / but not quite! The company probably did leach testing and it did not leach any lead. Please read about my concerns for cadmium here.
Tested with an XRF
The ...
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Cadmium Concerns
Finding Lead in dishware is one thing, however I have also recently posted several posts where dishes have tested positive for Cadmium.
While I will go in to more specifics below, I think we really ought to be questioning an industry that uses Cadmium at all (regardless of whether or not they ...
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Newer white Fiestaware dishes (c. 2016): 33 ppm Lead. This is considered safe by all standards.
"Lead Free" Fiestaware small white ceramic plate: 33 ppm Lead. Almost Lead-free / but not quite! The company probably did leach testing and it did not leach any lead. I would feel safe eating off of these plates if I visited your home, but would not choose to own them personally.
Tested with ...
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#LeadSafeDishes; Target Home White Plate
Target Home White Ceramic Plate - 74 ppm lead (within "safe" range.)
Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe in items intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher. (So this plate WOULD be considered lead-safe by all available standards, even though technically there is not a a ...
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#LeadedDishes: Vintage Metal Toy Plate
Vintage toy metal plate with owl: 465 ppm lead • 343 ppm arsenic
Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe in items manufactured today as intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher. (so this would NOT be considered lead-safe.) Dishes are not sold as "intended for children" so ...
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