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Vintage chipboard Playskool Three Little Pigs puzzle (by Walt Disney Productions): Lead-free! Cadmium-free!

Vintage chipboard Playskool Three Little Pigs puzzle (by Walt Disney Productions): Lead-free! Cadmium-free!

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When tested with an XRF Instrument the puzzle pictured here had the following readings: Peach area of pig’s skin: Zinc (Zn): 41 +/- 18 ppm Iron (Fe): 68 +/- 43 ppm Titanium (Ti): 20,000 +/- 800 ppm Yellow are of pig’s bow: Titanium (Ti): 20,600 +/- 1,000 ppm Blue area of pig’s shirt: Zinc (Zn):…

Vintage 1972 Wooden Fisher Price puzzle. 3,925 ppm Cadmium on the knobs. Cadmium is a known carcinogen.

Vintage 1972 Wooden Fisher Price puzzle. 3,925 ppm Cadmium on the knobs. Cadmium is a known carcinogen.

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Are vintage Fisher Price puzzles a concern? Yes. A child will often chew on the knobs on this type of puzzle and these knobs (yellow or red) are consistently high-Cadmium vintage plastic. Cadmium causes cancer. Even if the risk is small it is not a risk that I feel is worth it given the inexpensive…

Cyclone Boys faux Rubik’s cube: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free.

Cyclone Boys faux Rubik’s cube: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free.

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Logo area on white plastic: Barium (Ba): 1,040 +/- 80 ppm Selenium (Se): 43 +/- 13 ppm Bromine (Br): 12 +/- 5 ppm Tin (Sn): 19 +/- 11 ppm Zinc (Zn): 8,122 +/- 126 ppm Iron (Fe): 8,663 +/- 153 ppm Vanadium (V): 355 +/- 165 ppm Titanium (Ti): 8,398 +/- 196 ppm Yellow plastic:…