Dragon Glass: 33,500 ppm lead (Pb), 499 ppm cadmium (Cd), 60 ppm mercury (Hg), & 5,307 ppm chromium (Cr).
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Do plastic Mardi Gras beads have an unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium?
Purple Plastic Mardi Gras Beads from New Orleans Mardi Gras 2012.
When tested with an XRF instrument the plastic beads pictured had the following toxicant readings:
Lead (Pb): 315 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 132 ppm
Arsenic (As): Negative/ Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg): Negative/ Non-Detect
For ...
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c. 2014 Littman Nurses’ Stethoscope: 1,828 ppm Lead in the tubing. Why is medical equipment positivie for ANY amount of Lead?
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!
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#Leaded: Vintage Turquoise Butterprint Pyrex Dish
Vintage Pyrex Turquoise Butterprint Dish: 30,600 ppm lead.
c. 1957-1968.
The amount of lead that is considered unsafe for a modern / newly manufactured item intended for children is 90 parts per million (ppm) and higher. Vintage dishware is not regulated at all for total lead content.
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#LeadFree: Glass Starkey Brand Spring Water Bottle
Clear glass spring water bottle, Starkey brand. Tested with an XRF instrument. Non-detect for Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd.)
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NuSpin Zoomie Straw Cup (sippy cup): Non-Detect for Lead, Mercury & Arsenic. Trace Cadmium in the straw.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this NuSpin Zoomie Straw Cup, purchased new in 2017 had the following readings:
Main plastic body of cup
(including "painted" decorative elements):
Lead (Pb): Non-detect (ND) / Negative
Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect (ND) / Negative
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#LeadFree: Decorated Metal Chopsticks
Decorated (painted) metal chopsticks. Year unknown. Tested with an XRF instrument. Non-detect for Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd.)
It did not come up with an automatic stainless steel reading (meaning it is not a common stainless steel formulation), so to note... it also ...
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#LeadFree: Green Sprouts “Swim Friends” Foam Bath Toy
Frog from the "Swim Friends" set of foam bath toys by Green Sprouts. Purchased in 2017. This item was negative ("non-detect") for Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), and Mercury (Hg.).
This testing was done with an XRF instrument. Multiple tests of the object were done with the same ...
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#LeadFree: Silicone Kiddiebites Baby Plate
Silicone Kiddiebites brand baby plate purchased in 2017. Made in USA.
Tested with an XRF instrument. Non-detect for lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg) and Arsenic (As), but positive for trace Cadmium (Cd) at 20 +/- 7 parts per million (ppm.) Read more about cadmium concerns here. Quite a few silicone baby ...
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#LeadSafe: Baum Ceramic Dish
Baum, Made In China, Black & White Ceramic Dish (Butter Dish?): 105 +/- 18 ppm lead on the black (outside), 90 +/- 16 ppm lead on the inside. Non-detect for Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), and Mercury (Hg.) Tested with an XRF instrument.
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#AskTamara: Are New Fisher Price Mega Bloks Lead Free?
Below are the XRF test results for the new (2017) Fisher Price Mega Bloks pictured here.
Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-Detect
Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
Tested with an XRF Instrument. All components ...
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#Leaded: Antique/ Vintage Floradora Doll
Floradora doll:
Eyes 7,551 ppm lead,
Lips 10,000+ ppm lead,
Dress: 57 ppm mercury.
Tested with an XRF instrument.
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The amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children today is 90 ppm lead and higher.
I ...
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#LeadFree: 1978 Fisher Price Toy Tractor
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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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Vintage Tinker Toy Set #2: 124 ppm Lead in the paper container for this toy. [90 is unsafe in modern toys.]
Vintage Tinker Toys #2
All components tested
Highest reading - 124 ppm lead (fairly low).
The amount of lead considered toxic in a modern/ newly manufactured toy made for children is anything 90 ppm lead or higher. This toy would be considered just marginally outside of the #LeadSafe ...
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