Vintage Pyrex Turquoise Butterprint Dish: 30,600 ppm lead.
c. 1957-1968.
The amount of lead that is considered unsafe for a modern / newly manufactured item intended for children is 90 parts per million (ppm) and higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated at all for total lead content.
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#Leaded: Vintage “Spring Blossom Green” Pattern (Crazy Daisy) Pyrex Casserole, c. 1972 to 1979
Vintage Pyrex "Spring Blossom Green" pattern casserole: 110,000 ppm lead in the white flowers.
It just takes a microscopic amount of lead to poison a child.
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Small vintage milk glass Pyrex mixing bowl: 893 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe in kid’s items & most milk glass has some Lead)
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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 Green Pyrex Mixing Bowl: 36,599 ppm lead [Context: 90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe for kids in newly made items.]
Vintage Olive Green Pyrex Mixing Bowl.
When tested with an XRF instrument the exterior paint on the mixing bowl pictured here was positive for the following elemental heavy metals at the following levels:
Lead (Pb): 36,599 ppm
Arsenic (As): 12,910 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 615 ppm
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Vintage Blue Pyrex Casserole: Positive For 108,400 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids] (& Arsenic Too!)
Vintage Blue Pyrex Casserole.
Below are the XRF test results for this piece:
Top blue (on lid):
Lead (Pb): 108,400 ppm
Arsenic (As): 27,100 ppm
Base blue:
Lead (Pb): 84,000 ppm
Arsenic (As): 23,800 ppm
Plane white milk glass of base:
Lead (Pb): 74 ...
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FAQs: Answers to the 15 most asked Lead Safe Mama questions about vintage dishes, antiques, and other collectables
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Click through to read the full XRF test results for the Star Wars Special Edition Mandalorian The Child Baby Yoda Pyrex glass food storage containers.
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When tested with an XRF Instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Reading #1) Green plastic of Baby Yoda container lid
30-Second Test
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Newer Pyrex (Made in Germany) No. 1399 labware glass “water bottle”: 19,200 ppm Lead in the white painted markings on the outside of the bottle
The swab on the right is light pink from testing this bottle, even though it is over 19,000 ppm Lead. I uploaded two videos on YouTube about this bottle, too (each video is under three minutes long and discusses the specific concerns).
Video #1
Video #2
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Vintage Stangl Peach dish NOT SAFE FOR FOOD USE: 504,700 ppm Lead on the food surface (in the glaze). 90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.
Introduction:
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Vintage Corelle Butterfly Gold glass plate: 18,700 ppm Lead on decorative pattern when tested with an XRF instrument
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 ...
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Vintage (1972-1988) Corning Spice-o-Life Casserole: 26,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe) & 236 ppm Cd (75 is unsafe)
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 sons were ...
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Does vintage and new functional pottery and dishware have unsafe levels of lead? Why is that a problem?
Question: Does vintage and new functional pottery and dishware have unsafe levels Of lead? Why is that a problem?
Originally Published: August 18, 2013
Updated: December 28, 2019
Answer: Pottery & dishes often contains lead.
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Pyrex® Glass Measuring cup (c. 1994): 6,253 ppm Lead in red Outside Markings (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)
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