Reading #1) on orange metal handle
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): 4 +/- 2 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 678 +/- 54 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 17 +/- 10 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 60 +/- 7 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 187 +/- 75 ppm
- Niobium (Nb): 60 +/- 9 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 208 +/- 18 ppm
- Primarily Aluminum
Reading #2) on reddish rubber tip
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): on-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 67 +/- 24 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 2,321 +/- 28 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 549 +/- 47 ppm
Readings repeated multiple times (on each component) to confirm the results. All test results are replicable, science-based and accurate.
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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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