2018 Dollar Store Snowman Design Metal Tray/ Plate: Lead-Free!

 

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2018 Dollar Tree Snowman Design Metal Tray
By Greenbrier International, Inc.
Made in China

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I was actually not at all surprised that this was 100% Lead-free, because most new tins (and items made of the same material as cookie tins, as these plates are) I have tested have been either negative for Lead or positive for Lead at very trace/ low levels (levels considered safe by all standards). This tray was also negative for all of the other “baddies” — like Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony, and more.

People often express concern for products from Dollar (type) stores (like Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Dollar General, or a 99cent Store) and usually, I explain to them that BECAUSE these types of stores were cited for several significant Lead-violations years ago, in my experience, the products they sell have become much safer in recent years (at least from a Lead perspective — I don’t address plastics and plasticizers in my work).

Time will tell (and by that I mean like the next week or so because last night I spent $46 at the Dollar store on potentially “suspect” items to test for you all and there are a few examples in there that I just cannot imagine will be both Lead-free and Cadmium-free).

This is also yet another example to (hopefully) help dispel the myth that “Made in China” combined with “inexpensive” must always mean that something is likely positive for high levels of Lead. In my experience, this is simply not true.

To see more items from Dollar Tree (and similar stores) that we have tested already, click HERE.

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For this particular snowman design Christmas tray, tested areas included all colors. Each test had similar test results to the two sets of test results listed below (when tested with an XRF instrument):

All tests were completed for at least 60 seconds.

Colorful Decorated Food Surface Side (Red, White, & Black Area Around Mitten):

• Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se): Negative / Non-Detect
• Chromium (Cr): 484 +/- 103 ppm
• Barium (Ba): Negative / Non-Detect
• Copper (Cu): 397 +/- 197 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 914,800 +/- 1,800 ppm
• Vanadium (V): Negative / Non-Detect
• Titanium (Ti): 76,800 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 5,466 +/- 1,375 ppm
• Magnesium (Mn): 1,474 +/- 475 ppm

To see more metalware pieces we have tested, click HERE.

Back of Tray:

• Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
• Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
• Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
• Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect
• Selenium (Se):  Negative / Non-Detect
• Barium (Ba): Negative / Non-Detect
• Chromium (Cr): 722 +/- 99 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 995,800 +/- 1,700 ppm
• Magnesium (Mn): 1,739 +/- 478 ppm
• Vanadium (V): Negative / Non-Detect
• Titanium (Ti): Negative / Non-Detect
• Cobalt (Co): Negative / Non-Detect

As always, please let me know if you have any questions!

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals — including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic). All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times to confirm the test results for each component tested. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).