Jingle Bells

Dollar store large red metal Christmas jingle bell: Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic, & Antimony! Yay!

Dollar store large red metal Christmas jingle bell: Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic, & Antimony! Yay!

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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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method…

#LeadedJewelry: Sparkly Headband

#LeadedJewelry: Sparkly Headband

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Sparkly child’s headband – sparkles: 419 ppm lead, jingle bell: no lead! Tested with an XRF. – #SaferChoices: I avoid all sparkles (in jewelry and art projects) unless I have tested them myself.  The potential for them being leaded (and also then being ingested or inhaled accidentally) is too great for me personally (as a…

Jingle bell bracelet (no mark or maker): 889 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with sterling silver if you can.

Jingle bell bracelet (no mark or maker): 889 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with sterling silver if you can.

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Originally posted: January 14, 2017 Updated: December 25, 2019 Jingle bell bracelet:  889 ppm Lead. (otherwise mostly zinc, copper and nickel.) Tested with an XRF instrument. The amount of Lead in jewelry marketed and sold as intended for use by adults is not regulated. Kids’ items are considered toxic/unsafe if over 90 ppm Lead in…