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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (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). Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February 2023 (March 2023 print edition).
Montelle Intimates Fuchsia Négligée
Full XRF test results below
Note: I don’t find any of the levels of toxicants found in this piece to be particularly concerning (given the practical application and use of the piece of clothing as intended.) HOWEVER if the tiny gem charm fell off the front and were swallowed by a child it might be concerning (but it seems to be fairly well affixed.)
Reading #1) Négligée fabric
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): 83 +/- 21 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 44 +/- 4 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 7 +/- 2 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,839 +/- 104 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 114 +/- 40 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Négligée diamond charm
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): 228 +/- 9 ppm
- Arsenic (As): 53 +/- 2 ppm
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 71 +/- 20 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 15,900 +/- 100 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 9,867 +/- 78 ppm
- Selenium (Se): 337 +/- 7 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 117 +/- 8 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 124 +/- 9 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 5,338 +/- 66 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 24 +/- 3 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Négligée printed tag
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 97 +/- 27 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 25 +/- 10 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 2,727 +/- 143 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 131 +/- 49 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) Négligée metal components of straps
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): 9 +/- 4 ppm
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 97 +/- 16 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 754 +/- 18 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 19,200 +/- 100 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 114 +/- 15 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 3,070 +/- 101 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 47 +/- 6 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 130 +/- 33 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #5) Négligée straps
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 202 +/- 29 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 20 +/- 10 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 4,448 +/- 148 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 122 +/- 46 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
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