#AskTamara: Guess Which of These Four White Glass Lamp Shades Has Lead and How Much!

XRF readings:
Lead: 200 ppm · Cadmium: 0 ppm · Arsenic: 139 ppm

Verdict: Low-elevated: below most adult thresholds

This #AskTamara: Guess Which of These Four White Glass Lamp Shades Has Lead and How Much! reads 200 ppm lead, above the 90 ppm CPSC limit for children's products. Whether the lead can actually reach food depends on whether it's locked into fired glaze (typically not bioavailable) or sitting on surface paint (typically is). Arsenic reads 139 ppm, worth noting on top of the lead question.

What this XRF reading actually means →
XRF measures lead presence on the surface. It does not measure whether that lead can reach a person. That distinction matters for how you should react to this number. Read the full primer.

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Source: EverythingLead · Test method: XRF (Niton XL 5 Plus, 1.5 sigma)
License: Verdict and methodology © EverythingLead, CC-BY-SA 4.0. Factual XRF measurements are not copyrightable (Feist v. Rural Tel., 499 U.S. 340).