Details and additional links below the video:

Testing a section of ducting (inside the wall in a home) for Lead

This video is the third in a series of three videos tonight showing test results using LeadCheck® swabs on Zinc substrates [substrates previously tested using XRF technology — so with known/quantified elemental composition, including the absence or presence of Lead]. The other two videos posted tonight include testing a Zinc Beyblade component and testing a Zinc planter from Ikea . See all the videos directly on YouTube with the following links in red, below (but please also check out all of the additional links with more information below!)

Video #1.             Video #2.             Video #3

Before you buy LeadCheck® swabs, please learn more about them!

Below is the Lead Safe Mama affiliate link for LeadCheck® swabs, in case you are interested in trying them yourselves at home — but please do start by reading about them on the blog (so you don’t waste money testing things that really cannot be tested with a chemical reagent swab.) First and foremost, it is important to know that the LeadCheck® swab was designed for testing Lead in PAINT, and any other application may not be appropriate – as that is not what it was designed for. It is always accurate when used as designed/intended, and it has a low threshold of detection of 600 ppm Lead. Aflink: https://amzn.to/3teKrad

Ten links with additional information:

#1.) For starters, here’s the link about things that might be useful to test with a LeadCheck® swab: https://tamararubin.com/2017/11/where/

#2.) Here’s a post about testing dishes: https://tamararubin.com/2017/02/ask-tamara-q-can-i-test-my-dishes-for-lead-with-a-leadcheck-swab-a-sometimes-but-not-always-click-to-read-more/

#3.) Here’s a post about testing toys: https://tamararubin.com/2019/04/asktamara-are-the-3m-swabs-sufficient-to-test-the-surfaces-of-toys-is-it-better-than-nothing/

#4.) Here’s a post with the types of things that are better tested with an XRF instrument: https://tamararubin.com/2017/11/goods/

#5.) Here’s a post discussing various testing methodologies: https://tamararubin.com/2016/12/ask-tamara-what-do-you-use-to-test-for-lead/

#6.) And if you are curious, here is a post about testing for Lead in blood: https://tamararubin.com/2019/02/blood-lead-testing-please-get-everyone-in-the-family-tested-since-you-have-been-living-in-a-house-with-high-lead-paint/

All of the above posts can be found in the header menu (on every page of the Lead Safe Mama blog, under “Lead Testing”)

#7.) And a post about hair and urine tests for heavy metals: https://tamararubin.com/2020/05/i-heard-that-urine-and-hair-tests-for-heavy-metals-including-lead-were-not-real-or-useful-test-results-why-is-this/

#8) This is a post about what to expect when you have a lead inspector come to your home to test: https://tamararubin.com/2016/02/tomorrow/

#9) This post is the new menu guide for beginning to explore the more than 2,700 posts and pages on the Lead Safe Mama website: https://tamararubin.com/instagram/

#10) Heres a link to a short video that is good to watch to better understand how to use the website (which has hundreds of lead free products and lead safe choices listed too!) https://youtu.be/vDqTi5KSQt0

Thank you!

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