Vintage Tin, Cuticura Ointment: 24,000 ppm Lead + 209 ppm Cadmium. Don’t let your kids play with vintage tins.
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage tin of “Cuticura Ointment” had the following readings (on the painted logo surface, when tested for a minimum of 60 seconds).
- Lead (Pb): 24,000 +/- 600 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 209 +/- 52 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 4,818 +/- 198 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 6.932 +/- 213 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 954,200 +/- 1,900 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 212 +/- 105 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,091 +/- 189 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 3,297 +/- 1,556 ppm
- Magnesium (Mn): 2,766 +/- 596 ppm
Most of the vintage tins I have tested have been positive for at least some amount of Lead (and often other toxicants as well.) To see more vintage tins I have tested, click here.
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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama 
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