Vintage Inox Stainless Steel (304) fork with floral pattern: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic.

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Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, 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). All test results reported here on LeadSafeMama.com are science-based, accurate and replicable. To read more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this blog, please click this link.

Reading #1) fork tines
Stainless Steel 304
30-second test

Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): 16 +/- 8 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 184,900 +/- 700 ppm
Vanadium (V): 912 +/- 157 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 11,600 +/- 500 ppm
Iron (Fe): 701,400 +/- 1,200 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 94,500 +/- 800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 2,219 +/- 157 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 76 +/- 35 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 432 +/- 184 ppm
Molybdenum (Mo): 2,899 +/- 74 ppm
Tin (Sn): 121 +/- 17 ppm
No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #2) fork – decorative handle
Stainless Steel 304
30-second test

Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): 17 +/- 8 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 184,600 +/- 700 ppm
Vanadium (V): 696 +/- 148 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 11,000 +/- 500 ppm
Iron (Fe): 700,700 +/- 1,100 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 95,900 +/- 800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 2,280 +/- 154 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 170 +/- 41 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 515 +/- 182 ppm
Molybdenum (Mo): 2,996 +/- 72 ppm
Tin (Sn): 129 +/- 17 ppm
No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

NOTE:

Stainless steel cutlery without decorative elements (specifically without decorative elements made of materials other than Stainless Steel) is normally negative for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium and Antimony.