Is your child’s playground safe? Is the soil contaminated? How do you know?Costume Jewelry: decorative hair pin with red faux jewels – positive for high levels of Lead, Cadmium and Antimony (three known poisons!)KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)Limoges France “The Calais” small gold-rimmed dish: 30 ppm Lead on food surface & 2,087 ppm Lead on the back mark.KitchenAid brand white coated stand mixer paddle: 373 ppm Lead + 7 ppm Cadmium.Small handmade green glazed ceramic dish: 23 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.Vintage green and white enamel Le Creuset cooking pot: positive for varying levels of Lead and Cadmium.Vintage (?) pressed clear glass plate (made in Mexico): trace Lead and trace Cadmium – safe by all standards.Pressed glass salt shaker: Non-detect for Lead, but positive for traces of Gold and PlatinumShark tooth “fidget” from Monterey Aquarium: 29,200 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats). NOT safe for kids.September 2021 closed out with 213,668 unique page views. Thank you for your help in spreading the word!More Wood-Look Tile Results: Truewood, Navarro, & Daltile – positive for Lead between 10 ppm and 139 ppm.World Market Mason Cash “In The Forest” Medium Brown Bowl with Owl Design: 5,679 ppm Lead in the interior food surface.World Market Mason Cash “In The Forest” Large White Bowl with Fox Design: 80 ppm Lead (safe by all standards.)Vintage Candlewick small dish / candle holder: 1,250 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is not safe for kids but this amount is not a concerning amount if used only as a candle holder.)Vintage Clear Bubble Depression Glass Dish: positive for trace levels of Antimony & Cadmium (safe by all standards.)Red Wing Hand-Painted Vintage Dish With Magnolia Pattern: 280,100 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is unsafe for kids)Hand painted vintage Made In Japan floral saucer with roses: 12,300 ppm Lead on the food surface of the dish.September 2021 is the #BestSeptemberEver on LeadSafeMama.com! Thank you!Kitchen/bathroom tiles from South Africa: 4,828-16,100 ppm Lead in the glazed surfacesXRF test results for man’s gold wedding ring / wedding bandThis image was going viral on Facebook, so I created a “corrected” meme! Please check it out and share!Facebook continues to censor my work please read the image below. Posts pagination Previous Page 1 … 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 … 175 Next Page SharePin197PostEmailPrint197Shares
Costume Jewelry: decorative hair pin with red faux jewels – positive for high levels of Lead, Cadmium and Antimony (three known poisons!)
KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)
Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)
Limoges France “The Calais” small gold-rimmed dish: 30 ppm Lead on food surface & 2,087 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Vintage green and white enamel Le Creuset cooking pot: positive for varying levels of Lead and Cadmium.
Vintage (?) pressed clear glass plate (made in Mexico): trace Lead and trace Cadmium – safe by all standards.
Shark tooth “fidget” from Monterey Aquarium: 29,200 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats). NOT safe for kids.
September 2021 closed out with 213,668 unique page views. Thank you for your help in spreading the word!
More Wood-Look Tile Results: Truewood, Navarro, & Daltile – positive for Lead between 10 ppm and 139 ppm.
World Market Mason Cash “In The Forest” Medium Brown Bowl with Owl Design: 5,679 ppm Lead in the interior food surface.
World Market Mason Cash “In The Forest” Large White Bowl with Fox Design: 80 ppm Lead (safe by all standards.)
Vintage Candlewick small dish / candle holder: 1,250 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is not safe for kids but this amount is not a concerning amount if used only as a candle holder.)
Vintage Clear Bubble Depression Glass Dish: positive for trace levels of Antimony & Cadmium (safe by all standards.)
Red Wing Hand-Painted Vintage Dish With Magnolia Pattern: 280,100 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is unsafe for kids)
Hand painted vintage Made In Japan floral saucer with roses: 12,300 ppm Lead on the food surface of the dish.
This image was going viral on Facebook, so I created a “corrected” meme! Please check it out and share!