Paparazzi Accessories child’s ring — enamel Christmas tree with white star: 475 ppm Lead, 242,100 ppm Cadmium, & 3,864 ppm Antimony
For those new to this website:
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). 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. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).
Paparazzi Children’s Jewelry Examples
Published: February 22, 2022 — Tuesday
Important context for the findings noted on this post
- Please read this overview (linked here) for context about the levels of toxic heavy metals found in this Jewelry — and why this particular piece would likely be considered illegal if it was sold in the State of California on June 1, 2020 (or at any time since then).
- Cadmium is well-established as a known carcinogen. Click the image below to read the full report from the World Health Organization.
- Antimony was added to the National Institutes of Health’s list of federally-recognized carcinogens in December of 2021 (click the image below to read that full press release).
Continue reading below the image.
Some additional information for folks new to this website:
- To see all articles related to Paparazzi Accessories on this website, click here.
- For a summary of regulatory standards for Cadmium, click here.
- For a menu of categories of articles on this website, click here.
- To watch my “Tea Time” interview with Tracey of Crack The Crown, click here.
- For more pieces related to costume jewelry, click here.
- To read more about Lead Safe Mama suggestions for safer choices for Jewelry, click here and here.
Full XRF test results for the Children’s Paparazzi Accessories ring (pictured here) with green polka dot enameled Christmas tree with white star on top:
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- Test results reported are for one 30-second test (unless otherwise noted)
- All tests (on each component for all items reported about on this website) are repeated multiple times, to confirm results before they are published here.
- One full set of test results is reported below.
Front of tree with gem and enamel in reading area
30-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 475 +/- 62 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 242,100 +/- 600 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Bromine (Br): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 630 +/- 110 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 734,300 +/- 700 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 13,500 +/- 200 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,520 +/- 451 ppm
- Niobium (Ni): 590 +/- 35 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 2,369 +/- 71 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 3,864 +/- 274 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 662 +/- 115 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Note: 982
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