Sonoma County Community Blood Bank – Blood Type Token (vintage?): 262 ppm Lead + 13 ppm Cadmium.
XRF test results for the coin / token pictured.
75-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 262 +/- 30 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 9 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 468 +/- 37 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 100 +/- 44 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 875,400 +/- 500 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 122,800 +/- 300 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 205 +/- 112 ppm
- Niobium (Nb): 402 +/- 28 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 100 +/- 15 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 109 +/- 50 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 110 +/- 23 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Some additional reading that may be of interest:
- More coins we have tested and reported on (there are ten examples up on the website right now, make sure to click “next page” after you have checked out the first 8!)
- Some examples of coins that tested positive for Arsenic
- Some examples of coins that tested positive for Lead
- Some examples of coins that tested positive for Cadmium
- Some examples of coins that tested positive for Mercury
- Some examples of coins that tested positive for Antimony
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Tamara Rubin
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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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