Is your artificial Christmas tree safe? XRF test results for 2020 Home Depot artificial Christmas tree sample (& guidelines for choosing a safer tree)
Full XRF test results for a 2021 Purchased (New) Spode Christmas Tree Dish (Made in China): Positive for trace Lead & Cadmium
Vintage Shiny Brite Christmas Ornament — Red Decorated Glass Ball: 131 ppm Arsenic + 109 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Vintage Shiny Brite Christmas Ornament — Peach Glass Ball: 39 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Vintage Shiny Brite (?) Christmas Ornament — Pink Glass Ball: 10 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Target 2020 Artificial Unlit 7.5 Ft. Tall Wonder Shop Virginia Pine Christmas Tree, Purchased in CA, Non-detect for: Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic & Antimony!
Vintage Shiny Brite (Made in USA or possibly West Germany!) Christmas ornament — blue with white stars: 175,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Vintage Satin-Sheen Pyramid Brand Decorative Glass Christmas Ornaments (bell-shaped with iridescent glass): 16 ppm Lead + 25 ppm Cadmium (safe levels by all standards)
Fantasia Brand Christmas Tree Ornaments (Made in Poland): 23 ppm Lead + 9 ppm Arsenic (plus the finish is peeling!)
QVC Temp-tations Espresso Cup Christmas Ornaments (Xmas 2020): 2,924 ppm Lead + 981 ppm Cadmium — QVC tells customers to use them for cocoa with the grandkids!
Greenbrier International Christmas House (Dollar Tree) 2021 Plastic Tube Ornament (Santa belt design): Positive for Lead, Arsenic, & Antimony
Traditional green ball-style plastic Christmas ornament from Aldi (2020): 44,400 ppm ARSENIC! (NOT safe for children!)
Midwest Gift Ganz (Made in China) Glass Christmas Ornament — 2021: Very low levels of Antimony, Cadmium & Mercury
Gerry’s Christmas golden reindeer lapel pin: More than 900,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is unsafe for kids)
FAO Schwarz Merry Christmas musical train/ snow globe: 53 ppm Lead in the glass (safe by all standards)
2019 Dollar Tree Store Christmas ornaments (in a tube!): 133,300 ppm Antimony (a known/ designated carcinogen as of 2021)
Amanda’s artificial Christmas tree branch sample, purchased at a Target store in Virginia in 2010: 193 ppm Lead
2019 Creative Co-op ceramic Christmas dish: 9,591 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 197 ppm Cadmium (a carcinogen)
2019 Creative Co-op Kellie Montana ceramic Christmas plate: 49 ppm Lead + 1,319 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen)
Dollar store large red metal Christmas jingle bell: Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic, & Antimony! Yay!
How much poison is on your Christmas tree? Mercury glass tree topper: 207 ppm Lead + 462 ppm Arsenic. Don’t break it!
