Things From Canada – Defiant Doorknob Lock & Handle Set, Naples Collection: Lead Free in all accessible components.

When tested with an XRF instrument this Defiant Lockset (sent to me by a reader in Canada) had the following readings:

1) Main part of handle:

1. Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
2. Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
3. Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
4. Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
5. Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
6. Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
7. Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
8. Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
9. Zinc (Zn): 288,300 +/- 2,400 ppm

2) Brass interior components:

1. Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
2. Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
3. Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
4. Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
5. Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
6. Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
7. Chromium (Cr): 4,491 +/- 524 ppm
8. Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
9. Zinc (Zn): 302,400 +/- 3,600 ppm

3) Base of lock (part that affixes to door):

1. Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
2. Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
3. Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
4. Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
5. Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
6. Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
7. Chromium (Cr): 36,000 +/- 2,000 ppm
8. Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
9. Copper (Cu): 764,800 +/- 113,000 ppm

4) Tongue of the lock (the part that goes in and out when you turn the handle):

1. Lead (Pb): Non-Detect / Negative
2. Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
3. Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
4. Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
5. Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
6. Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
7. Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
8. Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative
9. Zinc (Zn): 390,000 +/- 3,400 ppm

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama