I am probably writing this more for myself than for you - as a bit of a "journal entry" of the stuff I have to put up with in my life to do what I do to help families around the country — but maybe one or two of you might find this as amusing as I do (if you go for dry-mundane-humor type of ...
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Tiny metal religious figurine: positive for Lead, Cadmium and Antimony.
Thursday - October 20, 2022
XRF test results for the figurine pictured are below. Little figurines like this are often positive for very high levels of heavy metals (often even much higher than the levels found in this particular figurine.) They are especially dangerous because they are small ...
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A concern for Titanium Dioxide in paint on toys: MODERN painted wooden toys may be unsafe for infants & toddlers (even if they meet current safety guidelines)
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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Vintage Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your kids play with these dolls. 75 ppm Cadmium (& higher) is illegal in Denmark.
The amount of CADMIUM that is considered toxic (and illegal in Denmark!) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything 75 ppm Cadmium or more. Here's a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in vintage plastic toys. If you click on the table it will take ...
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Vintage Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your children play with these dolls. 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.
The amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal / unsafe) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the paint or coating and anything over 100 ppm Lead in the substrate. Here's a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in ...
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Vintage Plastic Fisher Price Doll. Please don’t let your children play with these dolls. 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.
The amount of Lead that is considered toxic (and illegal / unsafe) in newly manufactured items intended for use by children today, is anything over 90 ppm Lead in the paint or coating and anything over 100 ppm Lead in the substrate. Here's a table from a recent (2015) study about toxicants found in ...
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Vintage Fisher Price Coffee Table Toy: 460 ppm Lead + 260 ppm Cadmium [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Coffee Table.
Yellow Plastic.
Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s).
To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here.
The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as follows:
Yellow Plastic:
Lead (Pb): 460 +/- ...
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#LeadFree: 1973 Vintage Fisher Price Circus Train
Vintage 1973 Plastic Fisher Price Circus Train. Tested with an XRF instrument. All components were non-detect for lead (Pb), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg.). The white plastic component of this toy is positive for cadmium at 43 +/- 10 ppm. Here's more info about cadmium.
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Vintage Fisher Price Merry_Go_Round Toy: 4,897 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 391 ppm Arsenic. Click to learn more.
Fisher price merry-go-round-toy
When tested with an XRF instrument, this vintage green and yellow plastic Fisher Price playground merry-go-round toy tested positive for Lead and Arsenic. As with most of these vintage plastic toys the variations of toxic heavy metals found in each component of the ...
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#LeadFree: Vintage 1969 Fisher Price Mini Bus
This little 1969 Vintage Fisher Price "Mini Bus" was non-detect (negative) for lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd). The little people were positive for these elements however. Click here to read the post and see readings for each of the little people!
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#Leaded: Vintage Fisher Price Cowboy With White Hat
This little vintage Fisher Price plastic cowboy with a green body and white hat tested positive for lead and arsenic. His green body was 3,377 +/- 71 ppm lead and 114 +/- 43 ppm arsenic.
Lead is considered unsafe for children at levels of 90 ppm and higher (by modern standards.)
Tested with an ...
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#Leaded: Vintage Plastic Fisher Price Lady With Blue Dress & Yellow Hair
This little vintage Fisher Price lady is positive for lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. Her yellow hair came in at 4,723 +/- 97 ppm lead, 69 +/-13 ppm cadmium and 166 +/- 54 ppm arsenic. Her face was positive for 472 +/- 23 ppm lead, 118 +/- 13 ppm cadmium and 13 +/- 7 mercury. Her blue plastic ...
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#Cadmium: Vintage Fisher Price Lady with White Hair
This little vintage Fisher Price plastic lady with a yellow dress and white hair tested negative for lead but positive for cadmium and mercury in her face. The cadmium reading is 98 +/- 13 ppm and the mercury reading was 21 +/- 7 ppm.
Cadmium is considered unsafe for children at levels of 40 ppm ...
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#LeadFree: 1978 Fisher Price Toy Tractor
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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