Vintage Lawrence Welk DOT 45. 8,014 +/- 270 ppm lead (Pb). Non-Detect for Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd) and Arsenic (As). Tested with an XRF instrument. For #SaferChoices for your family, click here. If you would like to support my advocacy work (and this website) please consider making a contribution via GoFundMe or PayPal. Thank you!…
1979 MOTOWN 45. 3,408 +/- 142 ppm lead (Pb). Non-Detect for Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd) and Arsenic (As). Tested with an XRF instrument. For #SaferChoices for your family, click here. If you would like to support my advocacy work (and this website) please consider making a contribution via GoFundMe or PayPal. Thank you! *Some of…
3M Littman Brand Nurse’s stethoscope with red tubing: 1,828 ppm lead (What!!!!?) in the red tubing. New item owned by a professional nurse, tested in 2014. In my personal opinion medical equipment should not test positive for any Lead at all! The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for use…
![Vintage Vinyl Measuring Tape (for Sewing): 19,900 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/measurevi-768x576.jpg)
Originally posted, November 19, 2017 Link to this post on Facebook (so you can share it!) Measuring Tape – Soft Plastic, Made in China. When tested with a Niton XRF instrument it was positive for Lead with the following reading: 19,900 parts per million (ppm). To learn more about XRF testing, Click Here. Later I thought…
My piano! The finish was negative for lead. The vinyl of the seat was positive at 292 ppm lead. Vintage pianos are often very high lead. I have not tested many newer ones, but if this is any indication newer ones may have lead free finishes! For those new to my site: 90 ppm (and…
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing children’s t-shirts hot of the display shelf at Target! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider clicking through to Amazon from one of my…