“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” I wanted these so badly when I was little! 34,800 ppm Lead in the base (90 ppm Lead and up is unsafe for kids.)
XRF test results for the toys pictured.
XRF test results for the toys pictured.Reading #1) Blue Bottom of Billy
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 34,800 +/- 200 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 43 +/- 3 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 183 +/- 15 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 92 +/- 13 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 438 +/- 41 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 48 +/- 7 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 8 +/- 4 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 330 +/- 10 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 29 +/- 3 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 2,180 +/- 75 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 34 +/- 5 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 16 +/- 5 ppm
- Gold (Au): 31 +/- 4 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 244 +/- 28 pm
- No additional metals detect in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Black Mouse Ears of Billy
30-second reading
- Cadmium (Cd): 9 +/- 5 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 11 +/- 1 ppm
- Chromum (Cr): 52 +/- 23 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 58 +/- 11 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 23+/- 6 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 227 +/- 7 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 139 +/- 50 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Clear body of Billy
30-second reading
- Chromium (Cr): 51 +/- 29 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 35 +/- 13 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 172 +/- 11 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 60 ppm
Reading #4) Yellow bottom of Karen
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 33,900 +/- 300 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 5 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 164 +/- 8 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 1,056 +/- 40 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 456 +/- 52 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 61 +/- 11 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 10 +/- 7 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 185 +/- 13 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 76 +/- 5 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 425 +/- 64 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 24 +/- 57 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 14 +/- 8 ppm
- Gold (Au): 26 +/- 6 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 243 +/- 40 pm
- No additional metals detect in consumer goods mode.
Reading #5) Red bottom of Mickey Mouse
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 32,900 +/- 300 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 21 +/- 4 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 167 +/- 7 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 90 +/- 17 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 384 +/- 52 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 64 +/- 11 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 189 +/- 12 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 223 +/- 7 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,440 +/- 89 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 31 +/- 6 ppm
- Gold (Au): 25 +/- 6 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 254 +/- 38 pm
- No additional metals detect in consumer goods mode.
More info to be posted shortly. [I plan to disassemble these to see what the weight in the base is.]
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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Tamara – what is the correct way to safely dispose of all these dangerous items? I don’t want to toss them in with my household garbage just to end up in a landfill continuing to leach toxins into the environment. My local toxic waste drop-off centre won’t accept these types of items and says to put them in with regular garbage.
I apologize if you’ve addressed this question elsewhere, I can’t possibly read every comment on every post and nothing comes up when I use the search option.
Thank you.
Hi! the search term I use to look for that post is “toss”! 🙂
It also comes up if you search for “landfill”…
Here’s the post! Thank you for reading.
https://tamararubin.com/2019/12/what-should-i-do-with-my-lead-contaminated-dishes-to-toss-or-not-to-toss/
Tamara
Thank you. I’m now considering the options available to me for disposal and have contacted some local private disposal companies…still awaiting their replies.
Now that I’ve read your article on disposal I’m close to tears about my 1961 reprint of The House at Pooh Corner and even older editions of other childhood favourites. I just became a grandmother in October and had so looked forward to reading to him from my and my son’s beloved books. I can give up old Tupperware with ease but for now those books along with some 1940s Bunnykins porringers will go into storage in a clearly labeled box and I shall purchase new and, I hope, safe items.
So many emotions are swirling in my head and heart having fallen down this rabbit hole.
Hi Nora – Setting things aside in clearly marked boxes in storage (to give yourself time to process) is what I advise most of the time! That’s a great path forward. Best of luck and let me know if you have more questions. Please do watch my film if you have not yet!
Tamara
Thank you for all of your work to prevent serious health issues. I have this in my granddaughters’ toy basket right now. I will remove them immediately.