XRFTesting

Square Coupe Target Threshold white porcelain appetizer plate: 47 ppm Lead on food surface (safe by all standards)

Square Coupe Target Threshold White Glazed Porcelain Appetizer Plate The full XRF test results of the Target Threshold white glazed porcelain appetizer plate pictured are below (so please scroll down). Here are links to some additional reading that may be of interest, based on your interest in the test results of this item: Click here…

2020 | XRF Testing | XRFTesting

I’ve been presented with the opportunity to officially assume ownership of TWO XRF instruments for $2,000. Can you help?

This Spring has been the most amazing time for my advocacy work!… … and now I have the opportunity to own my own instruments! Normally for any XRF testing I do – I rent an instrument. For a handful of my outreach events, I have been able to use a loaned XRF instrument – from…

Teavana Petite Fleur Glass Teacup: 11,700 ppm Lead + 488 ppm Cadmium + 1,396 pm Arsenic in the white flowers.

Teavana Petite Fleur Cherry Blossom Double-Walled Glass Teacup (4 oz) In researching this (to figure out what to call it in this post), I was unsurprised to learn that Teavana is owned by Starbucks. Unsurprised because then it makes total sense that these small delicate glass teacups are painted with paint that has high levels…

Vintage 1962 Milton Bradley Candy Land game board: 41 ppm Lead. Safe by all modern standards… but…

Vintage Candy Land game board While the total content Lead test results for this vintage Candy Land game board (using high-precision XRF technology) are fairly low (and within the range of what is considered safe by all modern standards even for newly manufactured items intended for use by children), I do have concerns about vintage…

Melissa & Doug Jumbo Triangular Crayons (for ages 3+): Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury & Antimony

Here’s my affiliate link to this product on Amazon. Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument, the Melissa & Doug Jumbo Triangular Crayons (pictured above) had the readings listed below (broken out by color of crayon). All tests on each color crayon were repeated multiple times, in order to confirm…

Walt Disney (Made in Japan) Mickey Mouse Figurine: 66,800 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.

Black of head – 60 second test Lead (Pb): 62,600 +/- 3,500 ppm Zinc (Zn): 76 +/ 51 ppm Iron (Fe): 9,572 +/- 834 ppm Chromium (Cr): 953 +/- 138 ppm Vanadium (V): 95 +/- 55 ppm Titanium (Ti): 471 +/- 103 ppm Cobalt (Co): 6,784 +/- 605 ppm Manganese (Mn): 1,688 +/- 567 ppm…

Vintage Hotel Desk Bell: 40,900 ppm Lead (toxic to kids at 90 ppm & up) + 717 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats).

Brass hotel desk bell – 60 second reading: Lead (Pb): 40,900 +/- 1,200 ppm Antimony (Sb): 717 +/- 144 ppm Tin (Sn): 28,000 +/- 600 ppm Zinc (Zn): 357,300 +/- 2,700 ppm Copper (Cu): 536,900 +/- 3,200 ppm Nickel (Ni): 4,046 +/- 362 ppm Iron (Fe): 10,300 +/- 600 ppm Chromium (Cr): 208 +/- 126…

Modern (2019/2020) plain white Corelle plate with new logo: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

Shown above next to an iHop diner mug for size. Modern (2019/2020) Corelle salad plate with new back mark Food surface: Iron (Fe): 363 +/- 242 ppm Titanium (Ti): 99 +/- 60 ppm Logo area (with dots): Zinc (Zn): 92 +/- 41 ppm Iron (Fe): 617 +/- 287 ppm Chromium (Cr): 196 +/- 102 ppm Vanadium…

Modern (2019/2020) plain medium white Corelle bowl with new logo: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

Shown above next to an iHop diner mug for size. Modern (2019/2020) Corelle medium bowl with new back mark Food surface: Iron (Fe): 387 +/- 152 ppm Vanadium (V): 62 +/- 34 ppm Titanium (Ti): 136 +/- 49 ppm Logo area (with dots): Zinc (Zn): 248 +/- 61 ppm Iron (Fe): 725 +/- 294 ppm…

Modern (2019/2020) plain small white Corelle bowl with new logo: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

Shown next to an iHop diner mug for size. Modern (2019/2020) Corelle small bowl with new back mark Food surface: Vanadium (V): 61 +/- 30 ppm Titanium (Ti): 167 +/- 46 ppm Logo area (with dots): Zinc (Zn): 172 +/- 54 ppm Iron (Fe): 720 +/- 305 ppm Chromium (Cr): 261 +/- 101 ppm Vanadium…

Modern (2019/2020) plain white tiny Corelle bowl with new logo: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

Shown next to an iHop mug for size. Modern (2019/2020) Corelle tiny bowl Food surface: Iron (Fe): 346 +/- 194 ppm Titanium (Ti): 138 +/- 66 ppm Logo area (with dots): Zinc (Zn): 289 +/- 60 ppm Iron (Fe): 587 +/- 259 ppm Chromium (Cr): 260 +/- 110 ppm Vanadium (V): 475 +/- 109 ppm…

Blacksmithing tongs: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free, Mercury Free!

Blacksmithing Tongs Reading 1 – 60 seconds Chromium (Cr): 9,271 +/- 929 ppm Iron (Fe): 924,100 +/- 84,000 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 353 +/- 154 ppm Reading 2 – 60 seconds Chromium (Cr): 2,977 +/- 303 ppm Iron (Fe): 995,800 +/- 2,600 ppm Some additional reading: To see more tools I have tested, click here. To…

Green glass Trader Giotto’s (Trader Joe’s) olive oil bottle: 117 +/- 37 ppm Lead — this is typical for green glass

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 Mama,…