1974 Fisher Price Cash Register Toy: 3,461 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids), 5,304 ppm Cadmium + 224 ppm Arsenic.
1974 Vintage Fisher Price Cash Register Toy
Below are the XRF test results for the item pictured here. Each component was tested for a minimum of 60 seconds. Test results are science-based and replicable.
For context:
- 90 ppm Lead (and above) is the current level that is considered toxic and illegal in newly manufactured items intended for use by children.
- 40 ppm Cadmium (and above) is the level of Cadmium that is considered unsafe (and illegal) in consumer goods in Washington State.
- 75 ppm Cadmium (and above) is the level of Cadmium that is considered unsafe (and illegal) in consumer goods in the country of Denmark (which I understand is not for sale ;-).)
Components tested:
1.) Green “Sale” Button
- Lead (Pb): 262 +/- 11 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): 14 +/- 8 ppm
- Arsenic (As): 23 +/- 8 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 73 +/- 37 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 17 +/- 6 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 57 +/- 10 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 50 +/- 16 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 8 +/- 5 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 3,142 +/- 253 ppm
2.) Yellow Money Button
- Lead (Pb): 2,508 +/- 38 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): 224 +/- 24 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 603 +/- 50 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 157 +/- 9 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 202 +/- 21 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,962 +/- 209 ppm
3.) Red Money Button
- Lead (Pb): 5 +/- 3 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Barium (Ba): 318 +/- 85 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 212 +/- 10 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 16 +/- 10 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 208 +/- 21 ppm
4.) Blue Money Button
- Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Barium (Ba): 139 +/- 84 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 24 +/- 6 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 41 +/- 11 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 283 +/- 25 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 2,262 +/- 247 ppm
5.) Reddish Orange “Change” Button
- Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): 5,304 +/- 76 ppm
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Barium (Ba): 6,547 +/- 176 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 193 +/- 77 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Selenium (Se): 1,121 +/- 24 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 122 +/- 13 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 73 +/- 29 ppm
6.) Brown Plastic of Cash Register Drawer
- Lead (Pb): 6 +/- 3 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 170 +/- 10 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 7,102 +/- 91 ppm
7.) Main Light Orange Plastic Body of Cash Register
- Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Barium (Ba): 202 +/- 78 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 220 +/- 13 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 58 +/- 19 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 8,866 +/- 376 ppm
8.) Dark Orange Plastic of Change Slide
- Lead (Pb): 3,461 +/- 49 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): 180 +/- 29 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 338 +/- 86 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 697 +/- 55 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 431 +/- 15 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 29 +/- 15 ppm
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9.) Green Plastic of Drawer
- Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Barium (Ba): 175 +/- 88 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): 39 +/- 21 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 402 +/- 15 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 45 +/- 12 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 22 +/- 7 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 44 +/- 16 ppm
10.) White Plastic of Button Area
- Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 195 +/- 10 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 30 +/- 14 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 3,684 +/- 253 ppm
11.) Green Plastic of Handle
- Lead (Pb): 181 +/- 9 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): 10 +/- 6 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Bromine (Br): 8 +/- 2 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 35 +/- 6 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 49 +/- 9 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 650 +/- 199 ppm
12.) Metal Bell
- Lead (Pb): 354 +/- 118 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Chromium (Cr): 736 +/- 138
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 630,900 +/- 6,400 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 745 +/- 320 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 359,800 +/- 2,600 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 4,246 +/- 948 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 2,131 +/- 462 ppm
To see more vintage Fisher Price toys that I have tested, click here.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for reading and sharing my posts.
In the absence of testing, please do avoid vintage Fisher Price toys.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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This is the most heartbreaking one! One that was handed down from a cousin, that I specifically saved for my future child, and now that I’m a mom I’m finding out that all the old toys are full of lead. And that record player! Hours of play with that thing! Can’t help but wonder if my own body was affected back then… thank you for doing this work. It’s sad that I can’t give my little boy these toys I’ve saved but it’s impowering to know about it all.