July 19, 2022 – Tuesday
We bought this at a local deli (Flying Elephants) in their gift section. My son absolutely loves this both as a bouncy “ball’ and as a gag. Every time you throw it it bounces off in a different direction (because it is not round) and it really looks and feels like a real egg – so if you toss it at someone they think you are tossing an egg at them (perfect humor for an early teenage kiddo!)
FULL XRF test results for the ball pictured
60-second test
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Niobium (Nb): 257 +/- 16 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 777 +/- 110 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-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 (and separate components) are each tested multiple times, to confirm the test results for each component tested and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
Maryna says
I like the egg ball and would play it myself)))
Tamara, can you give an advice how to choose a ball (normal, not a small one) for toddler? I believe most of them are PVC? My son is crazy about balls,but even though it’s for outside,I want it to be safe.
Thank you!!!