Tiny metal religious figurine: positive for Lead, Cadmium and Antimony.

Thursday – October 20, 2022 

XRF test results for the figurine pictured are below. Little figurines like this are often positive for very high levels of heavy metals (often even much higher than the levels found in this particular figurine.) They are especially dangerous because they are small enough to be mouthed (and even swallowed) by a child. I discourage having any figurines like this in your home if you have any children (or others) in your home who might still be in a phase where they put non-food objects in their mouths. [Fisher Price little people dolls in first image to show size!]

One full reading set
60-second reading
Repeated multiple times to confirm the results

• Lead (Pb): 8,176 +/- 736 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 69 +/- 32 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 4,236 +/- 445 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): 157 +/- 65 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 798 +/- 143 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 408,000 +/- 26,000 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 177,500 +/- 11,000 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 625 +/- 168 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 220 +/- 45 ppm
• Niobium (Nb): 563 +/- 97 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 639 +/- 130 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 3,356 +/- 233 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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Tamara Rubin is a 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. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. 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 are 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.