XRF Testing

#LeadedJewelry: Crystal Earring
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#LeadedJewelry: Crystal Earring

Costume Jewelry Earring: 330,100 ppm lead. Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Who’s to say that these aren’t given to a child to play…

#LeadFreeChoices: Sterling Earrings
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#LeadFreeChoices: Sterling Earrings

Sterling silver earrings: 943,800 parts per million silver! From Bosnia.  No Lead. Click here for guidelines for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925”  – with natural stones (not crystals.)

#LeadedJewelry: Handmade Ceramic Earrings
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#LeadedJewelry: Handmade Ceramic Earrings

  Glazed ceramic earrings: 87,800 ppm lead!   Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++ Who’s to say that these aren’t given to a child…

#LeadedJewelry: Blue Crystal Earrings
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#LeadedJewelry: Blue Crystal Earrings

Earring: 108,300 ppm lead (leaded crystal). Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content. Items intended for children are regulated by law to be 90 ppm lead or lower. …Not 9,000 ppm lead, and definitely not 90,000 ppm lead +++   Click here for #SaferChoices: Solid silver jewelry marked “925”  – with…

2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.
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2003 Gold Balfour “Class Ring”: 9,927 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe). It also tested positive for Lead with a home test kit.

  Can gold rings have Lead? —The answer is, “yes!” When tested with a a high-precision XRF instrument (in “Consumer Goods Mode”), this 2003 graduating class ring [from Texas A&M University] had the following readings: 9,927 ppm Lead 417,000 ppm Gold Update: I just learned that the Texas A&M class rings have historically been manufactured…