Things From Canada – Yellow Wooden Block: 35 ppm Lead + 19 pm Arsenic. Safe by all standards.

When tested with an XRF instrument this yellow painted wooden child’s building block (sent to me by a reader in Canada) had the following readings:

On a part with worn off paint:

• Lead (Pb): 27 +/- 13 ppm
• Arsenic (As): 19 +/- 12 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

On a part where the paint is not worn:

• Lead (Pb): 35 +/- 6 ppm
• Arsenic (As): 13 +/- 5 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
• Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
• Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
• Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
• Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
• Selenium (Se): Non-Detect / Negative

All tests were done for a minimum of 30 seconds each – using a freshly calibrated Niton XRF instrument (an XL3T XRF testing in “consumer goods” mode). Tests were repeated multiple times on each component to confirm the results. All test results reported on this blog are science-based, accurate and replicable.

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama