Vintage - made in Chicago by "Ingrid" • 1970s plastic cup and plate.
When tested with an XRF instrument this set had the following readings:
Yellow Plastic Plate:
Lead (Pb): 4,002 ppm
Arsenic (As): 1,025 ppm
Yellow Plastic Cup:
Lead (Pb): 3,235 ppm
Arsenic ...
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#LeadFree: White Crate & Barrel Dishes
Newer Crate & Barrel plate : Negative (non-detect) for lead and arsenic.
Tested with an XRF instrument
#XRFTesting
Please note: not all Crate & Barrel dishware is negative for lead (when tested with an XRF.) The owner of this particular dish told me that it was purchased "recently" as of ...
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Vintage Arcoroc Glass Plate: 256 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe in items intended for use by children.
Vintage Arcoroc Clear Glass Plate (year unknown), Made in France.
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here was positive at the following level: 256 ppm Lead. This is common with vintage clear glass (and especially vintage clear glass that was made in France.) Most new clear ...
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#LeadFreeDishes: Ikea (blue)
Ikea Blue Ceramic Plate: No lead! (non-detect for lead with an XRF)
(No Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury, or Chromium either!)
Tested with an XRF instrument
#XRFTesting
#LeadedDishes
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#LeadSafeDishes: Red & White Plate
Red & White Ceramic Plate: 83 ppm lead (on white) • 331 ppm Cadmium (on red)
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Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe in items intended for children is 90 ppm lead or higher. (so this would be considered lead-safe.) Dishes are not sold as "intended for children" so ...
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Door Handles / Door Knobs – Newish, c. 2015: 28,200 ppm Lead (on a home in Maine).
When tested with an XRF instrument these "Iron"* door pulls had the following readings:
Curved handle: 9,500 ppm Lead
Thumb latch (worn): 11,100 ppm Lead
Flat back plate: 28,200 ppm Lead.
*Please note, these are not actually Iron, they are in fact leaded brass ...
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Introductions! First and foremost I am a mother of four sons. My boys are currently 11, 14, 17 and 23 years old.
In 2005 we hired a painting contractor to repaint the exterior of our historic home and he used unsafe and illegal paint removal methods that led to the poisoning of my ...
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Lead-Free Measuring Cup Choices
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 four ...
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#LeadFree: Handmade Ceramic Mug
Handmade ceramic mug
No Lead
No Mercury
54 ppm Cadmium
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are low-lead or lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even be marked ...
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Lead-Safe Handmade Mug
Purple handmade mug
Dark purple: 101 ppm lead
White part: 62 ppm Arsenic
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are low-lead or lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even ...
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#LeadFree: Irish Coffee Mugs
Lead-Free Handmade Irish Coffee Mugs
Tested with an XRF Instrument by an operator trained & certified in using the instrument. Many handmade modern pieces are lead-free! As your local potter if they use lead in their glazes, some may even be marked as lead-free (look on the bottom of the ...
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Vintage (c. 1957-1966) Pyrex Cinderella Mixing Bowl in Black & White “Gooseberry” Pattern: 35,500 ppm Lead. [90 is unsafe]
Small vintage "Gooseberry" pattern Pyrex Cinderella style mixing bowl- white glass with black paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument this bowl had the following readings:
Black painted pattern: 35,500 parts per million (ppm) Lead.
Unpainted white milk glass: 183 ppm ...
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Vintage Pyrex Teacup & Saucer with Pink Stripe & Gold Edge: 79,800 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + Cadmium
Made in USA: Pyrex cup & saucer:
79,800 ppm Lead (Pb) & 1,962 ppm Cadmium (Cd)
Most ceramics or glass items that are tinted pink or red have some level of cadmium in them. This is especially true for vintage or antique items. To learn more about the concern for Cadmium (Cd) ...
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How worn is your vintage Pyrex? Even with very worn paint, this piece is still positive for a high level of Lead (Pb) at 23,000 ppm.
Above is a reddish orange vintage Pyrex refrigerator dish with most of the paint worn off.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this piece had the following reading for Lead:
Lead (Pb): 23,000 ppm.
This is a great example of how the colors on these pieces wear. The question is... where does that ...
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