Full XRF test results for: Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Kids’ Tree Set – Wood.
Published: December 25, 2021 – Saturday
Published: December 25, 2021 – SaturdayFull XRF test results for the toy pictured:
Reading #1) Plain wood of trees
60-second test
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 33 +/- 7 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 232 +/- 40 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Light green paint of trees
60-second test
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Copper (Cu): 29 +/- 4 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 15 +/- 2 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 12,300 +/- 100 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 186 +/- 32 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Dark green paint of trees
60-second test
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 19 +/- 8 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 58 +/- 4 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 21 +/- 3 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 16,600 +/- 100 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 129 +/- 29 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) Black logo markings on bottom of trees
60-second test
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Zinc (Zn): 21 +/- 2 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 298 +/- 90 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 243 +/- 41 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
All components (& colors of paint) have been tested multiple times to confirm the test results. Each result set above is one full reading for the component – a reading set that is representative of all readings done. Test results reported here on LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com are replicable, science-based and accurate.
Here are some links to other posts here on LeadSafeMama.com that might be of interest to you:
- A post discussing the testing methodology used for test results reported here on LeadSafeMama.com
- More Target-related posts
- More “Made In China” posts
- More Hearth & Hand With Magnolia product posts
- More wood toy posts
- More modern toys
- The “Vintage Toys” section on this website.
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If you have any questions please ask them in the comments on this post. I will do my best to answer them as soon as I have a moment – however it may be a while given I often have my hands full with children (since the start of the pandemic especially.)
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Owner – Lead Safe Mama, LLC
Portland, Oregon – USA
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. 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. Tamara uses XRF testing (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. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate and replicable. Items are tested multiple times to confirm the test results for each component tested. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
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I’m brand new to this… Those positive levels are safe? Or are these unsafe?
The test results serve a guide for you to make choices for your family, a basis for you to start doing additional research into what you are allowing in your home and allowing your children to play with. Some families prefer not to have toys with Titanium, Copper and Iron in the paint, given children chew on toys. The levels of metals found (and the specific metals found) in these toys are considered safe by all current standards. I personally prefer natural wood toys without< paint for the young children in my life. Many of my readers will be thrilled to learn these are free of all the metals of concern listed for each reading. Some readers have specific concern for Barium, others do not. Tamara
Also to note: a reader sent this in to have me test it because there was a controversy last year where people were claiming this product tested positive for Lead, which it does not… so that’s great! [Lead-free, Cadmium-Free, Arsenic-Free, Mercury-Free and Antimony-Free is a great place to start!] I think it is a good choice for a toy if you have made the choice to let your child play with painted toys. Point being that many people don’t put the same amount of thought into these considerations as others… but for those who want more information I help to make that available (with the help and support of my readers.) I would not choose painted wooden toys for a child in my family, but again – these are safe by all current (Federal /U.S. and European) standards.
Tamara
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