XRF Test Results For:
Home Depot Daltile Kemperstone
Onyx Gray Polished 12 in. x 24 in. Glazed Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile
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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 ...
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Test results for “marble-look” Smartcore Tile pictured
Full XRF Test Results for the Tile Sample Pictured
Metals shown in BLUE are considered non-toxic in this application
Metals shown in RED are generally considered toxic and may or may not have regulatory limits set (in this case there are no regulatory limits for total content of Lead, Cadmium and ...
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Blue & White 2019 handmade Medina tile sent in by a reader from Canada: Lead-free on the decorative surface.
XRF Test results for the tile pictured
Reading #1) 70-second test on the blue area of decorated surface
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 397 +/- 135 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 184 +/- 83 ppm
Iron (Fe): ...
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MagnaTiles® brand magnetic building toy tested positive for trace levels of Arsenic, Mercury, and Cadmium in the metal rivets.
Published: December 27, 2021 - Monday
(actually in the wee hours of December 28 - by the time we hit the "Publish" button!)
Some background - OH THE DRAMA!
So I have been wanting to tell this little story for quite some time, but frankly most days I don't have the emotional energy to deal with ...
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More Wood-Look Tile Results: Truewood, Navarro, & Daltile – positive for Lead between 10 ppm and 139 ppm.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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Kitchen/bathroom tiles from South Africa: 4,828-16,100 ppm Lead in the glazed surfaces
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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XRF testing of wood-look tile samples with varying Lead test results (see videos)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
Read More about XRF testing of wood-look tile samples with varying Lead test results (see videos)
Sand colored floor tile from Medina, Ohio: 7,547 +/- 89 ppm Lead on the decorative/ glazed surface (primarily a concern with demolition)
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Kitchen tile from Nashville, Tennessee home purchased in 1988: 556,900 ppm Lead in the glaze (more than 55% Lead!)
For those new to this website:
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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Kitchen tile from Nashville, Tennessee home purchased in 1988: 556,900 ppm Lead in the glaze (more than 55% Lead!)
“Made In USA” vintage white kitchen tile with blue flower trim (California): as high as 33,000 ppm Lead in the decorative elements
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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, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF ...
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Faux stone glaze ceramic kitchen tile c. 2000-2008
XRF Test results for the tile pictured.
60-second tests.
Glazed faux-stone surface of tile
Barium (Ba): 481 +/- 65 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 1,911 +/- 290 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 27,600 +/- 900 ppm
Platinum (Pt): 314 +/- 115 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 19,500 +/- 600 ppm
Copper (Cu): 583 +/- 70 ppm ...
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Smoke colored glass and stone mosaic tiles: 53 ppm Lead + 125 ppm Cadmium.
XRF test reading for the tile pictured here:
#1.) Dark smoke colored tiles - images above
Tin (Sn): 61 +/- 17 ppm
Iron (Fe): 340 +/- 201 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 102 +/- 49 ppm
no other metals detected
#2.) Medium smoke glass colored tiles
Tin (Sn): 72 +/- 19 ppm
Iron (Fe): ...
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Brown glazed (faux stone look) ceramic tile samples: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free!
Brown glazed ceramic tile samples. I will post more information about this tile after I hear back from the owner (if she knows the brand / source information).
Sample 1 - Dark brown glazed front of tile
Barium (Ba): 470 +/- 69 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 6,155 +/- 389 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 19,400 ...
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