When tested with an XRF instrument the dinosaur straw cup pictured here had the following readings: Copper (Cu): 123 +/- 28 ppm Iron (Fe): 65 +/- 41 ppm Titanium (Ti): 5,950 +/- 178 ppm Chlorine (Cl): 577 +/- 367 ppm As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading…
When tested with an XRF instrument the large gray dinosaur pictured here (year of manufacture unknown) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 1,333 +/- 71 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 88 +/- 13 ppm Barium (Ba): 717 +/- 84 ppm Antimony (Sb): 625 +/- 34 ppm Bromine (Br): 62 +/- 10 ppm Tin (Sn): 127 +/- 23…
The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe and illegal in a modern item manufactured for use by children today is anything 90 ppm or higher in the paint or coating or anything 100 ppm or higher in the substrate. As a result of the high levels of Lead found in this 1986 “Dor Mei”…
The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe and illegal in a modern item manufactured for use by children today is anything 90 ppm or higher in the paint or coating or anything 100 ppm or higher in the substrate. As a result of the high levels of Lead found in this 1985 “Imperial Toys”…
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)…
Scroll down to see additional images, including picture of Dino next to Lego-guy for size! The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe and illegal in a modern item manufactured for use by children today is anything 90 ppm or higher in the paint or coating or anything 100 ppm or higher in the substrate….
![Should I be worried about the possibility of lead in the sandbox toys at my child’s school? [Vintage toy dinosaur pictured: 8,000 ppm Lead].](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Plastic-Dinosaur-Toy-With-High-Levels-of-Lead-Tamara-Rubin-Lead-Safe-Mama-3-768x576.jpg)
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 for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Here’s a #ThrowBackFriday (TBF!) post from Facebook, something I shared in April of 2015… a bit of parenting advice to help with parenting special needs kids (kids with a brain injury due to lead poisoning especially!) I’ll update the post later with a photo from Avi around that time too! As always, please let me…
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