Trafalgar brand leather belt with brass buckle: 15,600 ppm Lead + 250 ppm Antimony. This is a child’s belt.
Brass buckle of belt
Brass buckle of belt- Lead (Pb): 15,600 +/- 2,100 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 250 +/- 142 ppm
- Selenium (Se): 16,900 +/- 1,900 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 5,785 +/- 656 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 268,200 +/- 27,000 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 563,800 +/- 56,000 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 2,923 +/- 379 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 4,726 +/- 579 ppm
Leather of belt
- Bromine (Br): 11 +/- 5 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 121 +/- 22 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 113 +/- 48 ppm
- Chlorine (Cl): 3,600 +/- 608 ppm
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Should we generally be concerned about leather goods at all? (I mean the actual leather, not the metal attachments.)
I’m unsure if the levels of other metals listed for this belt’s leather are worrisome or not.
Just bought new leather dog leash and collar (still has packaging tags on though), and wondering about issues there.
I was wondering the same thing about leather, generally–particularly after reading that the vast majority of leather is chromium tanned, which seems to result in a heavy metal stew…
Even more problematic is that synthetic leathers with vinyl coatings seem to be even worse offenders (find vegetable tanned leathers for dress shoes might be tough if it comes to it…)
Are there any lead-free belts that you recommend?