Ball Mason Jars (year of manufacture unknown): 43 ppm Lead (safe by ALL standards.) Don't Panic! [Read this post first.] (2024)

March 4, 2017 · 45 Comments

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Ball Mason Jar (year unknown): 43 ppm lead.

WAIT! DON’T PANIC!

While this jar was positive for a “trace” (very low level) of Lead…

• Almost all of the newerBallJars that I have tested have tested NEGATIVE for Lead or Cadmium.
• These levels found here in this jar that I tested (picture below) are trace/ very low/ negligible and are not likely to beleaching at all.
• Newer clear glass is still likely the best thing to store your food in.
• Ball is the most consistently Lead-free brand I have found (with just a few exceptions.)
• Conversely, almost all Kerr jars I have tested have been positive for low-levels of lead (20 to 40 ppm range) – with very few exceptions.
• All Weck Jars I have tested have been positive for lead in the 200 ppm range (still very low, but consistently higher.)
• I use all Ball jars in my home.

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