FRANCE: White paint on exterior (stucco / concrete) window surround on 500+ year old French building (Antibes): 61 ppm Lead (safe by all standards, NOT Lead paint!)

XRF test results for the peeling white window trim paint 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

This is a great example of what peeling paint looks like that is NOT Lead paint. Prior to testing this paint I was 99.9999% certain that it was not Lead-paint. Modern paints may have up to 90 ppm Lead (and this is considered Lead-safe or even Lead-free by most standards.)

• Lead (Pb): 61 +/- 17 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Tin (Sn): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Selenium (Se): non-detect
• Barium (Ba): 387 +/- 53 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Antimony (Sb): non-detect
• Nickel (Ni): non-detect
• Copper (Cu): non-detect
• Zinc (Zn): 1,358 +/- 94 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): non-detect
• Titanium (Ti): 174,800 +/- 5,200 ppm
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Zirconium (Zr): non-detect
• Niobium (Nb): non-detect
• Molybdenum (Mo): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 1,630 +/- 231 ppm
• Vanadium (V): non-detect
• Platinum (Pt): non-detect
• Cobalt (Co): non-detect
• 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.