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New warning: stop using your old Bunnykins bowls now

This is so disturbing - by Amy Sinclair
  • 30 Aug 2019

It’s something that many of us were gifted or collected growing up - Royal Doulton Bunnykins bowls, plates and cups. 

But while you may still have it stashed away in your cupboard or kitchen - or even handed it down to your kids or grandchildren - a leading childhood expert has issued a new warning that will make you think twice about ever using it again. 

New warning: stop using your old Bunnykins bowls now

Leading child health advocate Tamara Rubin - known around the world for her work in identifying the alarming levels of arsenic and lead in vintage Tupperware - has done some disturbing testing on old Bunnykins pieces. 

Testing a 1967-1976 Royal Doulton Bunnykins Baby Bowl, Tamara found it to have 61,800ppm of lead in it - nearly 700 times the acceptable level. 

Revealing her finding on her super informative site Lead Safe Mama, Tamara says: ‘I have not yet tested a Bunnykins set that was Lead-free (or even Lead-safe) so I recommend avoiding them altogether.

‘For context, the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe on a newly manufactured item (made today) intended for use by children is anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint, glaze or coating. 

‘This bowl pictured here has 61,800 ppm – nearly 700 times the level that is considered unsafe.  As a result, this particular bowl would actually be considered illegal by current standards (if manufactured today).’

Tamara adds: ‘HOWEVER because it is considered vintage / nearly an “antique” – it is not regulated at all and can be sold on eBay (or similar) with absolutely no Lead warning.’

Tamara also found other disturbing test results on the Bunnykins bowl - click here for more - as well as other items from the collection, as shown here. 

Instead of using them with food, Tamara suggests framing them in a shadow box instead as a beautiful keepsake. 

For more of Tamara’s amazing work in the fight against toxic items around the home, head here.

Main image: Lead Safe Mama

Amy Sinclair
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