Last updated: Thursday - December 8, 2022
Do you do phone consultations, Tamara?
I get asked all the time if I do phone consultations for families (or companies, or organizations) looking for advice about keeping their homes (or businesses and environments) Lead-free [or making them at least ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Amanda’s artificial Christmas tree branch sample, purchased at a Target store in Virginia in 2010: 193 ppm Lead
2020· Artificial Christmas Tree· Christmas· Christmas Decoration· Christmas in July· Christmas Tree
Amanda (a reader) sent me this artificial Christmas tree branch to test. The full XRF test results for the artificial Christmas tree branch pictured are below. Amanda told me that she purchased this tree new at a Target store in Virginia, c. 2010 — although she no longer ...
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#FamilyReunion #DinnerWithTheRubins #CampCoViD192020 #Portlandia #MyFourSons
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My eldest son came home last night! He's here for a month and I'm so excited to have all of my kids together... and this time we're all together for two ...
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Vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker: 180 ppm Lead in the food surface + 14,000 ppm Lead in the power cord.
2020· Appliance· Appliances· Crock Pot· Crock Pot Liner· CrockPot· Rival· Rival Crock Pot· Slow Cooker
Published: Sunday - June 28, 2020
When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument in "Consumer Goods" mode, the vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker with brown glaze pictured above had the readings listed below.
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John Boos Block maple wood cutting board: as expected, no metals detected at all! (+ available on Amazon, I bought this for myself!)
Published; June 28, 2020
John Boos Maple Wood Cutting Board
When tested with a high precision XRF instrument (in "Consumer Goods" mode) no metals were detected in the item pictured. Multiple 120-second tests were done to confirm these results. I purchased this to use as a background ...
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Polar Express official souvenir bell from Whippany, NJ: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Cadmium-free (Phew!)
#LeadFree· 2020· Bell· Bells· Christmas· Christmas Ball Ornament· Christmas Bell· Christmas Ornament· Christmas Ornaments· Polar Express· Souvenir· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely ...
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1974 Avon perfume pin with puppy: 415 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe in items made for use by kids.
Dark brown of ears:
Lead (Pb): 415 +/- 21 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 60 +/- 19 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 719 +/- 27 ppm
Iron (Fe): 533 +/- 47 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 6,052 +/- 156 ppm
Light brown of background of dog:
Lead (Pb): 405 +/- 22 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 645 +/- 27 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 3,965 ...
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Newer Pyrex measuring cup, Made in USA: 396 ppm Cadmium on red exterior writing
Glass· Glass Measuring Cup· Made in U.S.A.· Made In USA· Measuring Cup· Measuring Cups· Pyrex Glass Measuring Cup· Pyrex Measuring Cup· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF ...
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Blown glass pipe: Lead-free, 12 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards, metals at this level are likely bound in the glass)
420· 420 Friendly· Blown Glass· Glass· Glass Pipe· Hand Blown Glass· Pot Pipe· Smoking
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Greenbrier International Dollar Tree Store “Super Soft Squishy Toy”: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Antimony-free.
2020· Dollar Store· Dollar Store Toy· Dollar Tree· Dollar Tree Store· Dollar Tree Store Toy· Mariya
Photos below are from another toy,
but would likely be the same for the above toy:
XRF Testing for the Squishy Doll pictured here.
#1.) Blue Dress / Shirt
Titanium (Ti): 2,667 +/- 93 ppm
Chlorine (Cl): 6,113 +/- 497 ppm
#2.) Red Arm
Titanium (Ti): 4,295 +/- 132 ppm
Chlorine ...
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Ikea mug with blue, orange and yellow design, made in Thailand. Item 15199: 82 ppm Lead + 41 ppm Antimony.
2020· Ceramic Mug· Ceramic Mugs· Ikea· Ikea Dishes· Ikea Mug· Ikea Mugs· Mariya· Mug· Mugs
When tested with an XRF instrument this mug had the following readings:
#1.) on the plain white glazed components of the mug
Barium (Ba): 2,399 +/- 492 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 21,100 +/- 900 ppm
Iron (Fe): 321 +/- 112 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 147 +/- 56 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 134 +/- 76 ...
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Ikea mug with blue & red floral design, made in Thailand. Item 15199: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free.
2020· Ceramic Mug· Ceramic Mugs· Ikea· Ikea Ceramics· Ikea Mug· Ikea Mugs· Lead Free Mug· Mariya· Mug· Mugs
When tested with an XRF instrument this mug had the following readings:
#1.) on the plain white glazed components of the mug
Barium (Ba): 2,594 +/- 381 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 23,500 +/- 900 ppm
Iron (Fe): 383 +/- 93 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 125 +/- 44 ppm
#2.) on the blue decorated ...
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Brite Concepts blue dinosaur straw cup: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Cadmium-free, Antimony-free.
Dinosaur· Dinosaur cup· Mariya· Sippy Bottle· Sippy Cup· Straw Cup
When tested with an XRF instrument the dinosaur straw cup pictured here had the following readings:
Copper (Cu): 123 +/- 28 ppm
Iron (Fe): 65 +/- 41 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 5,950 +/- 178 ppm
Chlorine (Cl): 577 +/- 367 ppm
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank ...
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Cyclone Boys faux Rubik’s cube: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free.
2020· Fidget· Fidget Toy· Fidgets· Mariya· Puzzle Game· Puzzle Toy· Toy
Logo area on white plastic:
Barium (Ba): 1,040 +/- 80 ppm
Selenium (Se): 43 +/- 13 ppm
Bromine (Br): 12 +/- 5 ppm
Tin (Sn): 19 +/- 11 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 8,122 +/- 126 ppm
Iron (Fe): 8,663 +/- 153 ppm
Vanadium (V): 355 +/- 165 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 8,398 +/- 196 ppm
Yellow ...
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