Sparkly child's headband - sparkles: 419 ppm lead, jingle bell: no lead!
Tested with an XRF.
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#SaferChoices: I avoid all sparkles (in jewelry and art projects) unless I have tested them myself. The potential for them being leaded (and also then being ingested or inhaled accidentally) is ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Jingle bell bracelet (no mark or maker): 889 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with sterling silver if you can.
Originally posted: January 14, 2017
Updated: December 25, 2019
Jingle bell bracelet: 889 ppm Lead.
(otherwise mostly zinc, copper and nickel.)
Tested with an XRF instrument.
The amount of Lead in jewelry marketed and sold as intended for use by adults is not regulated. Kids' items are ...
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#LeadedJewelry: India
Jewelry from India: 335,500 parts per million lead!!!
Tested with an XRF
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Solid silver jewelry marked "925" - with natural stones (not crystals.) ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Vintage Faux Pearls
37,287 ppm Arsenic.
307 ppm Cadmium.
Greater than 10% (>100,000) ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF.
Items intended for children are required by current legislation to be under 90 ppm lead. Jewelry intended for adults is not regulated for total lead content - especially antique / vintage jewelry ...
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#LeadedJewelry: Owl Pendant
Necklace 271,400 ppm Cadmium -299 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF.
#CadmiumConcerns
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Solid silver jewelry marked "925" - with natural stones (not crystals.) ...
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Dinner Plate (c. 1996-1999), Optima from Mikasa: 45,300 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
Please click on the link to read all of the information I have about this particular dish.
White Ceramic Larger Plate: 45,300 ppm lead.
Optima Super Strong Fine China
Christopher Stuart
Cafe White
"Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof"
Made in Indonesia
"everyday ...
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c. 1996 Mikasa Optima White Bowl, Made in Indonesia: 46,200 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids’ items.)
When tested with an XRF instrument this white ceramic Mikasa bowl tested postive for 46,200 ppm lead. For context: the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the paint, glaze or coating or 100 ppm ...
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#LeadedChina: Optima White Ceramic Plate
White Ceramic Plate: 56,000 ppm lead.
Optima Super Strong Fine China
Christopher Stuart
Cafe White
"Freezer to oven and microwave safe dishwasher proof"
Made in Indonesia
"everyday dishes"
vintage: 1996 (ish)
Purchased at Mikasa
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Tested with an XRF
The amount of lead considered unsafe ...
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Bike Lock Key: 4,587 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
Bike lock key: 4,587 ppm lead.
The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware and keys) are generally unregulated for total lead content as they are not designed or sold as intended for ...
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Typical American house key #2 – silver finish: 10,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is illegal in items intended for use by kids.
The house key pictured tested positive for 10,700 ppm Lead.
How much Lead is too much Lead?
The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead in the paint or coating and anything 100 ppm Lead (and up) in the substrate. Items ...
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Typical American house key: 12,800 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this typical American house door key
had the following reading: 12,800 ppm Lead
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
The current amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal) in an item "intended for use by children" is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the ...
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#Leaded: Black Sunbeam Crock-Pot Brand Ceramic Liner
Sunbeam Products Crock-Pot: Black inside of ceramic liner 81 ppm lead.
Bare ceramic edge on bottom: 158 ppm lead
Non detect for cadmium, mercury, arsenic.
#XRFTesting
Tested with an XRF
If you have to use a crock pot or slow cooker I recommend this one, because it has a stainless steel liner ...
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#LeadedCrocks: Tru Crock Black Glazed Ceramic Liner
TRU crockpot set, ceramic liner 135 ppm lead
#XRFTesting
Tested with an XRF
For lead-free slow-cooker options click here. ...
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#LeadedCrocks: White Rival Liner
Rival Crock Pot liner: 135 ppm lead.
Suggestion: stainless cookers.
All of the modern crockpots I have tested - like this one (with a few exceptions) have trace levels of lead.
#XRFTesting
Tested with an XRF
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