Vintage Fisher Price Little People School House Archives

Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

November 25, 2020November 26, 2023

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). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a community collaborative…

Carissa is the BESTEST friend EVER! Look what she gave me for my birthday!!!!

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018

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Carissa came over tonight and LOOK WHAT SHE BROUGHT ME! OMG OMG OMG! [So many thanks also to Carissa’s friend who dug these out of her attic and gave these to Carissa to give to me!] Ok! If you know why I am excited about this gift, then you really understand me as a person!!!…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow Slide: 1,550 ppm Cadmium [75 ppm Cadmium (and up) is unsafe for kids.]

October 3, 2018March 16, 2019

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Playground Slide. Yellow Plastic. Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s). To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here. The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as follows: Yellow Plastic Slide: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative Cadmium (Cd): 1,550 +/- 25 ppm Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect/Negative…

XRF [Heavy Metals Toxicity] Test Results for Vintage Fisher Price Little People School Desk Toy

October 3, 2018

Vintage Fisher Price Little People School Desk Toy. Green Plastic. Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s). To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here. The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as follows: Green Plastic School Desk: Lead (Pb): 1,962 +/- 31 ppm* Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative…

XRF [Heavy Metals Toxicity] Test Results for Vintage Fisher Price Little People Swingset

October 3, 2018

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Swingset. Yellow and Green Plastic. Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s). To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here. The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured below) are as follows: Yellow Plastic Components: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative Cadmium (Cd): 2,049 +/- 30 ppm Mercury…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People School House Teacher’s Desk

September 30, 2018October 3, 2018

This vintage Fisher Price Little People school house teacher’s desk toy had the following XRF readings: Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (Negative) Arsenic (As): Non-Detect (Negative) Lead (Pb): Non-Detect (Negative) Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (Negative) I don’t know the year of manufacture of this particular piece, however to have a vintage Fisher Price toy that is free of…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People School House Yellow Chairs

September 30, 2018

These vintage Fisher Price Little People school house yellow chair toys had the following XRF readings: Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (Negative) Arsenic (As): Non-Detect (Negative) Lead (Pb): Non-Detect (Negative) Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (Negative) I don’t know the year of manufacture of these particular pieces, however to have a vintage Fisher Price toy that is free of…

Vintage 1970s Fisher Price School Bus Toy: 90 ppm Lead

November 19, 2017December 26, 2018

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Vintage 1975-1978 Fisher Price Bus, mostly lead-free! Bus eyeballs: 35 ppm lead, red wheels, 90 ppm lead (hazard level is 90+ ppm) I would call this one “safe”! With these vintage Fisher Price toys this is the exception when it comes to lead (most have at least one component that is high in lead!) To…