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Vintage plastic toy thermometer positive for both Arsenic and high levels of Lead. This toy is not safe for children to play with

October 16, 2022July 13, 2023

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)…

Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

November 25, 2020November 26, 2023

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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). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a community collaborative…

Vintage Fisher Price Plastic Toy Syringe: 6,331 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) in consumer goods is unsafe for kids.

November 18, 2017December 6, 2020

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Vintage Fisher Price Toy Syringe: 6,331 ppm Lead! When tested with an XRF instrument the vintage Fisher Price plastic toy syringe shown here was positive for 6,331 ppm Lead. How much Lead is too much Lead in a toy? The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in a new/modern item intended for use by…