FAO Schwarz Merry Christmas musical train / snow globe: 53 ppm Lead in the glass. (Safe by all standards)

When tested with an XRF instrument the FAO Schwarz Merry Christmas musical snow globe train (pictured here) had the following readings:

#1) Red paint of train:
60-seconds

• Cadmium (Cd): 19 +/- 5 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 9 +/- 4 ppm
• Palladium (Pd): 6 +/- 3 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 662 +/- 145 ppm
• Indium (In): 25 +/- 7 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,441 +/- 269 ppm

#2) Black painted areas:
30-seconds

• Zinc (Zn): 172 +/- 31 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 2,687 +/- 130 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 424 +/- 150 ppm

#3) Gold painted areas:
60-seconds

• Platinum (Pt): 160 +/- 71 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 7,636 +/- 210 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 99,900 +/- 1,900 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 424 +/- 101 ppm

#4) Silver painted areas:
60-seconds

• Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 5 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 152 +/- 35 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 744 +/- 140 ppm
• Indium (In): 15 +/- 7 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 485 +/- 173 ppm

#5) White painted areas:
60-seconds

• Cadmium (Cd): 15 +/- 7 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 136 +/- 30 ppm
• Indium (In): 24 +/- 10 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 237,000 +/- 6,400 ppm

#6) Glass of snow globe:
60-seconds

• Lead (Pb): 53 +/- 9 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 10 +/- 4 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 192 +/- 93 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 576 +/- 103 ppm
• Indium (In): 13 +/- 5 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 828 +/- 94 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 373 +/- 82 ppm

#7) Turner of music box
60-seconds

• Antimony (Sb): 2,565 +/- 198 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 18,900 +/- 400 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 388,000 +/- 2,500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 479,900 +/- 2,500 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 98,000 +/- 1,100 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 3,188 +/- 303 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 5,759 +/- 1,072 ppm

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama    

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