Soil sample from Chesterfield, Missouri: 22 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)

August 4, 2022 — Thursday

XRF test results for the soil sample from Chesterfield, Missouri (pictured):

• Article discussing soil hazard levels
• Article discussing testing soil
• Article discussing what I have done to address soil contamination in our own yard

60-second test
(repeated multiple times to confirm results)

• Lead (Pb): 22 +/- 7 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 9 +/- 4 ppm
• Tin (Sn): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Copper (Cu): 37 +/- 20 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 80 +/- 14 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 671 +/- 152 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,579 +/- 885 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 315 +/- 11 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 17,100 +/- 400 ppm
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).

• Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a unique community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
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• All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
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