Happy Valentine’s Day! La Vie en Rose white padded “Body Rose” bra: 55 ppm Lead & 40 ppm Antimony & 7 ppm Arsenic
White Padded “La Vie en Rose” Body Rose bra
Full XRF test results for the bra pictured.
White Padded “La Vie en Rose” Body Rose braNote: I don’t find any of the levels of toxicants found in this bra to be particularly concerning (given the practical application and use of the piece of clothing as intended).
Reading #1) Padded part of bra
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 5 +/- 1 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 295 +/- 22 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 68 +/- 7 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 1,627 +/- 85 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Metal center part of bra
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 55 +/- 34 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 12,200 +/- 300 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 223 +/- 138 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 1,162 +/- 123 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 47,700 +/- 400 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 1,604 +/- 114 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 2,526 +/- 129 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 931,700 +/- 700 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 451 +/- 217 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 582 +/- 78 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 1,453 +/- 50 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 207 +/- 92 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Underwire part of bra
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 2 +/- 1 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 94 +/- 33 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 834 +/- 28 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 37 +/- 7 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 39 +/- 5 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 4,076 +/- 181 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 63 +/- 10 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 40 +/- 12 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 166 +/- 57 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) White painted metal part of straps
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): 7 +/- 2 ppm
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Vanadium (V): 273 +/- 111 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 61,700 +/- 500 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 23,800 +/- 300 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 390 +/- 37 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #5) Fabric of back strap
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): 2 +/- 1 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 28 +/- 8 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 7 +/- 4 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 212 +/- 5 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,559 +/- 124 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 12 +/- 7 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 489 +/- 36 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
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