Ceramics

2018 Dollar Tree Royal Norfolk Blue Glazed Ceramic Plate With Ridges: Lead-Free!

2018 Dollar Tree Blue Glazed Ceramic Plate, Royal Norfolk By Greenbrier International, Inc. Made in China For those new to this 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 were acutely…

White Glazed Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand by Chip & Joanna Gaines: 37 ppm Lead [“Lead-Safe” – Click to Learn More]

White Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Line by Chip & Joanna Gaines. Related: #AskTamara: What do you use to test for Lead? In scrolling through the Hearth & Hand with Magnolia products on Target’s website, I saw several items that would be good candidates to test with an XRF instrument…

2018 Dollar Tree Royal Norfolk Teal Glazed Ceramic Plate: Lead-Free!

2018 Dollar Tree Teal Glazed Ceramic Plate, Royal Norfolk by Greenbrier International, Inc. Made in China For exact XRF test results, scroll down. To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE. This piece was negative for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Aresenic. People often express concern for products from the Dollar (type) stores (Dollar Tree, Dollar Store,…

Black Glazed Stoneware Bowl from Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia by Chip & Joanna Gaines: 27 ppm Lead (Lead-safe)

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 acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe…

XRF Test Results For Green Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia by Chip & Joanna Gaines

Green Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Line by Chip & Joanna Gaines. I had recently tested some small Pioneer Woman ceramic bowls, and found them to be positive for Lead (Pb). As a result, I started looking out for other kitchen products with celebrity names attached to test for potential toxicants —…

Ceramcor Xtrema “Metals-Free” Saucepan Positive For Lead, Cadmium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel, Chromium and other metals when tested with an XRF instrument.

In August of 2018 I tested yet another Ceramcor Xtrema “Lead-Free” pan that ended up being positive for lead.This pan was purchased direct from the company, c. November of 2016. These pans are advertised and promoted as being metals-free, and specifically as being lead-free — yet when they are tested with an XRF instrument the coatings have…

2017 Walgreens Ceramic Christmas “Not Intended For Children” Santa Mug: 1,657 ppm Cadmium (40 ppm is unsafe)

#Leaded: Vintage Art Deco Ceramic Tile In a San Francisco Middle School Auditorium

This tile was in a San Francisco, California middle school auditorium that I did a presentation at in 2013. It tested positive for lead at 9,391 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument. To see more posts with tile I have tested, click here. To read more about the concern for lead in tile, click…

#LowLead: Kitchen Counter Tile, White Ceramic

Kitchen Counter Tiles – “recent” remodel (pre-2007). Tested with a Niton XRF in 2012: 113 ppm lead. These are the tiles in my home, my kitchen counter. To see more tiles I have tested click here.

Demolition of ceramic tile can poison kids. The tiles pictured (c. 1992) tested for 43,900 ppm Lead. [90 is unsafe].

Below is a re-post of a post I originally shared on Facebook on December 16, 2014. Note: for newly manufactured consumer goods the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe (and illegal) in an item intend for use by children is anything 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the paint, glaze or coating. This came…

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New FDA Alert: Lead and Cadmium Concern in Imported Ceramics, January 2018

This is amazing! I’d like to think our advocacy is making a difference here!!! Click on the sentence below to read the full alert. Alert Date: January 11, 2018. It starts to get funny if you read the report!

Ink Jet Photo Mug: 37 ppm Lead, safe by all standards. [Warning: Not all photo mugs are Lead-safe!]

Ink Jet Photo Mug, positive for lead at 37 ppm, when tested with an XRF instrument. Exact brand unknown: possibly Shutterfly or Vistaprint (or similar). Tested in 2017, year of manufacture unknown. Other photo mugs have tested positive for lead at hight levels, so it is not a good idea to extrapolate this test result to…

Ceramic Cookware #LeadFree Claims on Mercola’s Website

I’m sharing these screenshots from Dr. Mercola’s site here (taken Sunday, 1/14/2018) to link to a post I will be writing later this evening. I am writing a response to the email Dr. Mercola has sent in response to customers who have contacted him regarding my XRF testing of his branded ceramic cookware products (picture…

Newly installed 2014 Kitchen Counter Tile: 368,400 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe in items made for children to use.

Newly installed kitchen counter tile: 368,400 ppm lead. Tested in 2014. Portland, Oregon. Tile is not regulated for total lead content (as detectable with an XRF.) This is kitchen tile, that your food sits on every.single.day. My solution is to always use cutting boards and never put utensils or food directly on tiled kitchen counters….