FRANCE: Black painted Iron window guard on 500+ year old French building (Antibes): 14,100 ppm Lead.

XRF test results for the window rail pictured
30-second test

• Metals found that are noted in RED are considered toxic metals. If they are in BOLD the metal found is at a level that is considered unsafe by most standards.
• Metals found that are noted in BLUE are not considered toxic in most applications
• Metals noted in gray were not found

• Lead (Pb): 14,100 +/- 1,100 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 4,126 +/- 437 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 1,127 +/- 335 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Nickel (Ni): 3,123 +/- 524 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 309 +/- 159 ppm 
• Zinc (Zn): 2,079 +/- 293 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 2,296 +/- 445 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 22,200 +/- 1,700 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 123 +/- 28 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 606 +/- 70 ppm
• Niobium (Nb): 1,120 +/- 118 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 12,900 +/- 165 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 533,700 +/- 29,000 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 3,940 +/- 818 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 698 +/- 301 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 11,500 +/- 1,300 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.