Vintage (1990s?) TYCO plastic building blocks (Duplo-style): Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!

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Green TYCO building block – 30 seconds

  • Copper (Cu): 150 +/- 15 ppm
  • Nickel (Ni): 13 +/- 8 ppm
  • Iron (Fe): 55 +/- 20 ppm
  • Titanium (Ti): 2,167 +/- 295 ppm

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Red TYCO building block – 30 seconds

  • Barium (Ba): 189 +/- 108 ppm
  • Bromine (Br): 19 +/- 3 ppm
  • Iron (Fe): 215 +/- 30 ppm
  • Titanium (Ti): 2,139 +/- 315 ppm

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Yellow TYCO building block – 30 seconds

  • Chromium (Cr): 103 +/- 59 ppm
  • Bromine (Br): 31 +/- 3 ppm
  • Nickel (Ni): 16 +/- 10 ppm
  • Iron (Fe): 52 +/- 23 ppm
  • Titanium (Ti): 13,500 +/- 500 ppm

These pieces are discussed in detail on this video – link here.

I will update this post shortly, but just wanted to start by making sure the XRF readings were up online.

Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts!

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama

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