XRF test results for Interior components of vintage blender. One component positive for 12,700 ppm Lead.

Introduction:

Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for metallic toxicants (including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic). To read more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this blog, please click this link.

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Full XRF test results for the vintage blender components pictured above

Component #1 – X-shaped blade
60-second test – Stainless Steel #416

• Bromine (Br): 18 +/- 7 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 118,200 +/- 400 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 857 +/- 107 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 6,341 +/- 336 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 866,000 +/- 900 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 4,366 +/- 190 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 1,915 +/- 109 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,007 +/- 64 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 224 +/- 130 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 838 +/- 45 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 117 +/- 14 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 37 +/- 18 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 33 +/- 16 ppm

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Component #2 – small black plastic/rubber ring
60-second reading

• Bromine (Br): 5 +/- 1 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 407 +/- 17 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 1,062 +/- 16 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 2,438 +/- 23 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 308 +/- 107 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 113 +/- 54 ppm
• No other metals detected

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Component #3 – small brown hard plastic ring /washer
60-second reading

• Bromine (Br): 2 +/- 1 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 48 +/- 10 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 97 +/- 6 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 112 +/- 5 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 176 +/- 53 ppm

Component #4 – small metal washer
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): non-detect
• Cadmium (Cd): 30 +/- 7 ppm
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 151,100 +/- 800 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 762 +/- 117 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 9,778 +/- 342 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 461,400 +/- 8,100 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 41,200 +/- 1,100 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 2,962 +/- 122 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 1,511 +/- 72 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 204 +/- 12 ppm
• Nb: 1,391 +/- 43 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 2,573 +/- 87 ppm
• Indium (In): 30 +/- 9 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 89 +/- 11 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 224 +/- 53 ppm
• Gold (Au): 147 +/- 40 ppm
• Reading #2:
  • Lead (Pb): 29 +/- 8 ppm
  • Cadmium (Cd): 36 +/- 5 ppm

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Component #5 – small domed metal end cap nut
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 12,700 +/- 200 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 199 +/- 49 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 241 +/- 80 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 150 +/- 39 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 1,716 +/- 54 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 515 +/- 37 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 317,700 +/- 500 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 465,100 +/- 600 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 199,200 +/- 500 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 287 +/- 122 ppm
• Nb: 246 +/- 25 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 1,887 +/- 35 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 107 +/- 47 ppm
• No other metals detected

Component #6 – Gray metal wheel element of spindle piece
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 120 +/- 27 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect 
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 210 +/- 39 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 266 +/- 45 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 999,400 +/- 2,200 ppm

Component #7 – Metal shaft of spindle piece
60-second reading – Stainless Steel #416

• • Bromine (Br): 16 +/- 9 ppm
  • Chromium (Cr): 122,500 +/- 600 ppm
  • Vanadium (V): 548 +/- 136 ppm
  • Manganese (Mn):10,300 +/- 500 ppm
  • Iron (Fe): 861,300 +/- 1,000 ppm
  • Nickel (Ni): 1,818 +/- 206 ppm
  • Copper (Cu): 1,091 +/- 120 ppm
  • Zinc (Zn): 678 +/- 73 ppm
  • Molybdenum (Mo): 1,571 +/- 67 ppm
  • Tin (Sn): 42 +/- 17 ppm

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Component #8 – Metal threading on end of spindle piece
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 2,225 +/- 89 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 124,100 +/- 500 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 605 +/- 128 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 9,860 +/- 415 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 805,000 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 1,342 +/- 516 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 12,500 +/- 300 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 24,400 +/- 400 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 17,300 +/- 300 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 515 +/- 175 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 1,857 +/- 62 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 61 +/- 16 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 183 +/- 60 ppm

Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. As always, please let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them personally as soon as I have a moment.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama