XRF Testing

“Christmas in February” with Lead Safe Mama, February 24, 2020 (Video)
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“Christmas in February” with Lead Safe Mama, February 24, 2020 (Video)

Below is a Facebook Live video I made today. I have uploaded it to my YouTube channel. Please watch it and if you learn something or find it at all interesting and want to see more videos like this, please subscribe to the YouTube channel so that you will be alerted when I upload future…

Testing vintage books for Lead with Lead Safe Mama, February 24, 2020 (Video): Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)
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Testing vintage books for Lead with Lead Safe Mama, February 24, 2020 (Video): Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)

Below is a Facebook Live video I made today. I have uploaded it to my YouTube channel. Please watch it and if you learn something or find it at all interesting and want to see more videos like this, please subscribe to the YouTube channel so that you will be alerted when I upload future…

1939 “Wm ROGERS MFG CO” New York World’s Fair spoon: 50% silver (Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!)
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1939 “Wm ROGERS MFG CO” New York World’s Fair spoon: 50% silver (Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!)

Spoon – 30 seconds Barium (Ba): 1,866 +/- 917 ppm Chromium (Cr): 4,070 +/- 1,232 ppm Zinc (Zn): 67,400 +/- 1,800 ppm Copper (Cu): 333,600 +/- 3,100 ppm Nickel (Ni): 73,400 +/- 2,100 ppm Iron (Fe): 1,829 +/- 806 ppm Silver (Ag): 513,300 +/- 3,300 ppm Molybdenum (Mo): 1,428 +/- 206 ppm This piece is…

c. 1989 Flexibear Flexiblocks plastic toy: 1,735 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered unsafe/illegal in modern toys.
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c. 1989 Flexibear Flexiblocks plastic toy: 1,735 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered unsafe/illegal in modern toys.

Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…

Blue vintage (1990s?) Duplo building block – by Lego: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free!
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Blue vintage (1990s?) Duplo building block – by Lego: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free!

Blue Block – 30 second reading Barium (Ba): 198 +/- 108 ppm Copper (Cu): 538 +/- 28 ppm Iron (Fe): 38 +/- 24 ppm Titanium (Ti): 8,650 +/- 480 ppm This piece is discussed in detail on this video – link here. I will update this post shortly, but just wanted to start by making sure the XRF readings were…