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Happy Toxic Easter? Yikes!! 1977 Avon Easter Perfume pin: 6,759 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 6,018 Cadmium (75 is unsafe)

Happy Toxic Easter? Yikes!! 1977 Avon Easter Perfume pin: 6,759 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 6,018 Cadmium (75 is unsafe)

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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 used…

Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1973 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 1,296 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen.)

Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1973 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 1,296 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen.)

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Modern consumer goods are considered unsafe an illegal in the country of Denmark if they have Cadmium levels at 75 ppm and higher. In Washington State the hazard level for total Cadmium content is 40 ppm or higher. There is no United States federal hazard level for total Cadmium content as detectable with an XRF instrument….

Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1971 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 3,587 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 275 Arsenic.

Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1971 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 3,587 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 275 Arsenic.

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The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children today is anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint or coating, or anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the substrate. Vintage items (especially vintage plastic items and vintage jewelry – and costume jewelry in general)…

Don’t let kids play with vintage Avon pieces. This 1973 Elephant Perfume Pin contains 31,300 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) and 492 Arsenic.

Don’t let kids play with vintage Avon pieces. This 1973 Elephant Perfume Pin contains 31,300 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) and 492 Arsenic.

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  For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…