Lead Free Brass

Brass front of Carhartt clothing brass button: Non-detect (negative) for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic!

Brass front of Carhartt clothing brass button: Non-detect (negative) for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic!

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Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety and 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 method used by the Consumer…

1996 Dave And Buster’s Collectable Coin: Lead Free [29% Zinc, 70% Copper!]

1996 Dave And Buster’s Collectable Coin: Lead Free [29% Zinc, 70% Copper!]

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Recently a reader of mine (and actually a long-time friend in the Lead-poisoning prevention world) contacted me to ask if I had ever tested one of these Dave and Buster’s coins. I was not at all familiar with Dave and Buster’s, but I looked it up and this appears to be a coin similar to…