1980 Fisher Price toy plastic radio with wind up music box.
When tested with an XRF instrument this musical toy had the following readings:
Yellow plastic components:
- 2,087 +/- 55 ppm lead
- 20 +/- 10 ppm cadmium
- 204 +/- 37 ppm arsenic
White plastic components:
- 58 +/- 10 ppm lead
- 108 +/- 12 ppm cadmium
Blue plastic knob:
- 22 +/- 7 ppm lead
Metal on corners:
- 2,110 +/- 102 ppm lead
- 13o +/- 71 ppm arsenic
The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in a newly manufactured/ modern item intended for children in anything 90 ppm lead or higher in the coating, anything 100 ppm lead or higher in the substrate.
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