Vintage Green Plastic Archives

Vintage plastic Tupperware blocks toy: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury (likely has BPA given the age.)

November 21, 2021

Note: I do not know if these test results apply to all years of manufacture of this toy. The toy is not marked with the years of manufacture and there is no clue (from the markings) as to the year of manufacture. HOWEVER: the colors are distinctly different than the colors of vintage Tupperware plastic I have…

Vintage Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your kids play with these dolls. 75 ppm Cadmium (& higher) is illegal in Denmark.

March 27, 2019March 28, 2019

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The amount of CADMIUM that is considered toxic (and illegal in Denmark!) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything 75 ppm Cadmium or more. Here’s a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in vintage plastic toys. If you click on the table it will take you to…

Vintage Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your children play with these dolls. 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.

March 27, 2019

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The amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal / unsafe) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the paint or coating and anything over 100 ppm Lead in the substrate. Here’s a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in vintage…

Vintage Plastic Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your children play with these dolls. 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

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The amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal / unsafe) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the paint or coating and anything over 100 ppm Lead in the substrate. Here’s a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in vintage…

And the winner is…. Click here to see the full XRF test results for the vintage Fisher Price Garage!

December 7, 2018

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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 Green Plastic Man: 101 ppm Cadmium + 30 ppm Mercury

October 3, 2018March 16, 2019

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Green Man. Green plastic body with peach plastic head and painted on face and hair. 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: Painted Head/Face –…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine: 2,309 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 126 ppm Arsenic

October 3, 2018April 5, 2021

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Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine Doll House Toy. Green & Blue 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 of Sewing Machine Table: Lead (Pb): 2,309…

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…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Suitcase Toy: 6,763 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 534 ppm Arsenic.

October 3, 2018June 8, 2019

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Vintage Fisher Price Little People Suitcase 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 Suitcase: Lead (Pb): 6,763 +/- 87 ppm* Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative Mercury (Hg): 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…