Brass Tools

#Leaded: Bicycle Building Tools, P & K Lie Wheel Truing Stand, Leaded Brass

#Leaded: Bicycle Building Tools, P & K Lie Wheel Truing Stand, Leaded Brass

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Originally Published: April 28, 2018 In September of 2015 my husband got a BRAND NEW made in Germany “P & K Lie” truing stand to make bicycle wheels (a very important tool for his business, his bicycle and bicycle trailer building and design work.)    And then we tested it for Lead: It turned the…

Brass Hammer Leaded Tamara Rubin Lead Safe Mama

Brass Hammer Multi-Tool (often marketed to women or used as a toy): 40,600 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]

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When tested with an XRF instrument this small brass hammer / nested screw-driver multi-tool had the following reading: Lead (Pb): 40,600 ppm lead. The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for use by children is 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint or coating and 100 ppm Lead or…