Sorry this is a lazy post just so I could make sure to get this information up. The readings are in the image. I will update this post with more information soon. In the meantime: To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here. To see records I have tested, click here. […]
For starters, please consider reading this linked study (click the image below) which discusses this concern in detail: There are two reasons vintage plastics often have lead: In brightly-colored vintage plastics, the toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic and Cadmium) are often used as components of colorants in the plastics. I have also found that vintage flexible/pliable […]
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow School Bus Toy, c. 1984. Yellow & Red Plastic. 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 of School Bus: (tested for a minimum of 60 seconds) Lead (Pb): 2,953 +/- 59 ppm […]
This vintage Fisher Price Play Family A Frame house had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Brown Plastic of Floors Lead (Pb): 2,980 +/- 61 ppm Arsenic (As): 223 +/- 39 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect White Plastic of Handle Cadmium (Cd): 28 +/- 14 ppm Lead (Pb): Non-Detect Arsenic […]
The other day we had a little contest… who could guess the closest Lead reading (in ppm) for what the highest Lead level on this vintage Fisher Price toy garage / downtown set would be? THE ANSWER: The highest Lead level was 1,959 ppm (in the yellow plastic) and the winner (with a guess of […]
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Dowtown Garage Set. Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s). Click here to see this post on Facebook. Posted: November 28, 2018, 8:15 p.m. We’re playing a GAME! Here’s the game: Guess how much lead is in this vintage Fisher Price garage? Here’s a link* to the prize that will […]
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 Wooden Boy With Red Baseball cap. Body: Painted Wood. Head: Painted Plastic. Hat: Red 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: Red Plastic […]
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Red Wooden Boy With Yellow Pot On Head. Painted Wood & 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 Pot: Lead (Pb): […]
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Coffee Table. 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: Lead (Pb): 460 +/- 15 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 260 +/- 11 ppm […]
