Gold Ring

XRF test results for wedding ring set: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free. Trace Cadmium (safe by all standards).

XRF test results for wedding ring set: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free. Trace Cadmium (safe by all standards).

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Ring one – with bent metal band – images above: #1.) Test on the band Cadmium (Cd): 40 +/- 8 ppm Silver (Ag): 47 +/- 7 ppm Gold (Au): 28,700 +/- 1,000 ppm Zinc (Zn): 14,300 +/- 400 ppm Copper (Cu): 54,900 +/- 1,200 ppm Nickel (Ni): 20,400 +/- 600 ppm Indium (In): 31 +/-…

Gold wedding set (c. 2016): 5,527 ppm Mercury, 1,214 ppm Arsenic (+ Gold, Silver, Titanium & Copper).

Gold wedding set (c. 2016): 5,527 ppm Mercury, 1,214 ppm Arsenic (+ Gold, Silver, Titanium & Copper).

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Originally written January 14, 2017 Updated (extensively!) February 17, 2020   This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and…

2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.

2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.

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  Can gold rings have Lead? —The answer is, “yes!” When tested with a a high-precision XRF instrument (in “Consumer Goods Mode”), this 2003 graduating class ring [from Texas A&M University] had the following readings: 9,927 ppm Lead 417,000 ppm Gold Update: I just learned that the Texas A&M class rings have historically been manufactured…