For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals — including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic). Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).
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When tested with an XRF instrument, the tobacco grinder pictured here (sold on Amazon by “Horns Bee”) had the following readings:
#1.) Test on the exterior of the case:
- Tin (Sn): 1,359 +/- 152 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 400,600 +/- 2,600 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 597,200 +/- 2,800 ppm
- No other metals were detected.
#2.) Test with a focus on the interior cutting mechanism:
- Chromium (Cr): 7,912 +/- 865 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 1,533 +/- 168 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 437,600 +/- 3,500 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 527,400 +/- 3,700 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 16,000 +/- 800 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 6,213 +/- 673 ppm
Some additional reading that may be of interest to you:
- More smoking supplies that I have tested.
- More glass pipes that I have tested.
- My background article discusses the testing methodology for the testing conducted and reported on this website.
As always, thank you for reading and for sharing our articles. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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