FRANCE: Wood-look ceramic tile on floor of newly renovated apartment in 500+ year old French building (Antibes): Lead-Free!

XRF test results for the wood-look modern tile pictured
60-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): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Tin (Sn): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Selenium (Se): non-detect
Barium (Ba): 243 +/- 41 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 2,689 +/- 376 ppm
Antimony (Sb): non-detect
Nickel (Ni): 87 +/- 58 ppm
Copper (Cu): 262 +/- 39 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 15,100 +/- 400 ppm
Manganese (Mn): non-detect
Titanium (Ti): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Zirconium (Zr): 10.500 +/- 300 ppm
Niobium (Nb): non-detect
Molybdenum (Mo): non-detect
Iron (Fe): 5,342 +/- 263 ppm
Vanadium (V): non-detect
Platinum (Pt): non-detect
Cobalt (Co): 586 +/- 97 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 1,021 +/- 42 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.