Telephone

Vintage Telephone. Remember these things? Did you ever chew the cord while chatting? 47,100 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe.]

Vintage Telephone. Remember these things? Did you ever chew the cord while chatting? 47,100 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe.]

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How much Lead did this phone have exactly? When tested with an XRF instrument, the vintage telephone (made in Holland) pictured here had the following readings: The curly cord connecting the phone’s handset to the base: Lead (Pb): 47,100 +/- 1,600 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 46 +/- 18 ppm Mercury (Hg): ND (Non-Detect) Barium (Ba): ND…

Vintage Radio Shack Phone: 1,850 ppm Lead. Remember these things? [Phones? Radio Shack?!]

Vintage Radio Shack Phone: 1,850 ppm Lead. Remember these things? [Phones? Radio Shack?!]

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This vintage Radio Shack brand phone had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Lead (Pb): 1,850 +/- 43 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (Nd) Arsenic (As): Non-Detect (Nd) Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (Nd) Antimony (Sb): 190 +/- 28 ppm Barium (Ba): Non-Detect (Nd) Chromium (Cr):  Non-Detect (Nd) Selenium (Se): Non-Detect (Nd) People often hold on…