Painted Metal

Orange painted metal handheld citrus juicer, c. 2013: 2,104 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe for children’s items.

Orange painted metal handheld citrus juicer, c. 2013: 2,104 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe for children’s items.

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  Orange painted handheld citrus juicer: This “newish” (c. 2013) hand juicer (tested in 2014) which has chipping peeling paint (including around the holes where the juice comes out!) tested positive for lead at 2,104 ppm. [Two thousand one hundred and four parts per million!!!!] Most of the juicers like this that I have tested…

#LeadFree: Decorated Metal Chopsticks

#LeadFree: Decorated Metal Chopsticks

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Decorated (painted) metal chopsticks. Year unknown. Tested with an XRF instrument. Non-detect for Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd.) It did not come up with an automatic stainless steel reading (meaning it is not a common stainless steel formulation), so to note… it also had 148,800 ppm Chromium (Cr), 9,052 ppm Nickel…