XRF test results for the coin / token pictured. 75-second reading Lead (Pb): 262 +/- 30 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 9 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 468 +/- 37 ppm Nickel (Ni): 100 +/- 44 ppm Copper (Cu): 875,400 +/- 500 ppm Zinc (Zn): 122,800 +/- 300…
![Vintage faux-antique coin from Greece: 542,300 ppm Lead [54%] + 2,144 Cadmium + 2,705 Antimony. Bad news all around.](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Vintage-Faux-Antique-Souvenir-Coin-from-Greece-Lead-Safe-Mama-2020-01-768x576.jpeg)
Faux-Antique Greek Coin The owner of this coin told me she got it at a shop in Greece. She said there was a bowl of them at the shop and the owner of the shop was giving them away to patrons of his shop as a souvenir. Souvenirs like this are especially concerning as the…
Introduction (for those new to this website): 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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…