Green Glass Water Bottle – Mountain Valley: 86 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium (in the glass, not the water.)

XRF readings:
Lead: 86 ppm · Cadmium: 11 ppm · Arsenic: 0 ppm

Verdict: Low: probably not a concern

This Green Glass Water Bottle – Mountain Valley: 86 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium (in the glass, not the water.) reads 86 ppm lead, below the 90 ppm CPSC threshold for children's products and within the typical XRF noise floor for trace contamination.

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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).