Small Vintage Porcelain Chinese Bowl, Decorated Exterior: 151,100 ppm Lead — That’s more than 15% Lead, 90 ppm Lead is toxic to kids

XRF readings:
Lead: 151100 ppm · Cadmium: 6800 ppm · Arsenic: 0 ppm

Verdict: Extreme: do not use + High cadmium

This Small Vintage Porcelain Chinese Bowl, Decorated Exterior: 151,100 ppm Lead — That’s more than 15% Lead, 90 ppm Lead is toxic to kids tested at 151100 ppm lead, heavily contaminated. If any of the lead is on the painted surface, decoration, or worn area, expect bioavailable exposure with food contact, mouthing, or abrasion. Cadmium reads 6800 ppm, which is also flagged territory.

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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).