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 2023 (March 2023 print edition).
Reading #1) Yellow Bands
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 23,400 +/- 500 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): Non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 10 +/- 5 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 7,313 +/- 525 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,103 +/- 137 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 107 +/- 35 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 11,000 +/- 300 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 397 +/- 18 ppm
- Nb: 602 +/- 28 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 547 +/- 34 ppm
- Silver (Ag): 1,267 +/- 46 ppm
- Indium (In): 24 +/- 9 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 7,310 +/- 268 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Pink Bands
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 65 +/- 9 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): 29 +/- 11 ppm
- Bromine (Br): Non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 129 +/- 60 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 450 +/- 41 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 45 +/- 19 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 39 +/- 9 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 247 +/- 112 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 17 +/- 6 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) White Bands
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 682 +/- 32 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 21 +/- 5 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 17 +/- 3 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 474 +/- 310 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 275 +’- 182 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,662 +/- 140 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 11,000 +/- 300 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 62,900 +/- 2,400 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 453 +/- 15 ppm
- Nb: 849 +/- 26 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 693 +/- 29 ppm
- Indium (In): 26 +/- 7 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 23 +/- 8 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 4,356 +/- 128 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) Blue Bands
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 77 +/- 9 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): Non-detect
- Bromine (Br): Non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 160 +/- 65 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 427 +/- 43 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 37 +/- 19 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 28 +/- 9 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 275 +/- 123 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Some additional Christmas-related info for you to explore here on the Lead Safe Mama website:
- Christmas: https://tamararubin.com/category/christmas/
- Artificial Christmas Trees: https://tamararubin.com/category/artificial-christmas-tree/
- Christmas Ornaments: https://tamararubin.com/category/christmas-ornaments/
- Christmas Mugs: https://tamararubin.com/category/christmas-mugs/
- Christmas China: https://tamararubin.com/category/christmas-china/
- Christmas Decorations: https://tamararubin.com/category/christmas-decoration/
- Santa: https://tamararubin.com/category/santa/
Thank you for reading and sharing this work. Please explore the links above for more information about concerns around Christmas-centric consumer goods.
Tamara Elise Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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