Silver coin
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 365 +/- 43 ppm
Cadmium (C): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): 203 +/- 54 ppm
Bromine (Br): 19 +/- 11 ppm
Chromium (Cr): non-detect
Vanadium (V): 794 +/- 522
Copper (Cu): 95,300 +/- 600 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 100 +/- 59 ppm
Silver (Ag): 899,400 ...
Read More about 1917 Liberty Silver Half Dollar: 365 ppm Lead + 203 ppm Mercury (899,400 ppm Silver). Not a good fidget for kids.
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Which component of this vintage suitcase tested positive for 16,400 ppm Lead? Guess correctly & you might win a prize! Please read full details on how to participate.
Posted: January 8, 2022 - Saturday
One of the components of this vintage suitcase tested positive for16,500 ppm Lead. Which one was it? Let's play a game!
Check out all of the pictures below.
Comment here on this post with your guess - in the comments section on the website - not on social ...
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Join Lead Safe Mama on Reddit! Starting with Sunday #AMAs from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. PST
Saturday - January 8, 2022
So I have just decided I am going to focus most of my energy on Reddit from now on now that I know how to use it (I just figured it out this week! LOL! #ImAnOldLady) Please join me there.
I still don't have the groups and details figured out - but I created a ...
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Golden colored Paparazzi dangly earrings: 3,578 ppm Mercury + 1,658 ppm Lead + 334 ppm Cadmium + 842 ppm Arsenic.
Published: January 8, 2022
Scroll down for full XRF Test results for the Paparazzi Accessories item pictured [brass colored dangly earrings]
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT testing that can be done with a home test kit. The home test kits that many people are using to test this Paparazzi jewelry ...
Read More about Golden colored Paparazzi dangly earrings: 3,578 ppm Mercury + 1,658 ppm Lead + 334 ppm Cadmium + 842 ppm Arsenic.
Blue tint faux pearl bracelet with small silver spacers: 1,750 ppm Mercury in the spacers. This is an alarming amount of Mercury. [Also positive for Cadmium, Nickel and Arsenic.]
Published: January 7, 2022
Scroll down for full XRF Test results for the Paparazzi Accessories item pictured [blue tinted plastic faux pearl bracelet with small silver spacers]
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT testing that can be done with a home test kit. The home test kits that many people are ...
Read More about Blue tint faux pearl bracelet with small silver spacers: 1,750 ppm Mercury in the spacers. This is an alarming amount of Mercury. [Also positive for Cadmium, Nickel and Arsenic.]
Paparazzi silver colored metal earrings with brown tassels: positive for trace Antimony, Lead & Cadmium.
Published: January 7, 2022
Scroll down for full XRF Test results for the Paparazzi Accessories item pictured [silver colored metal earrings with brown tassels]
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT testing that can be done with a home test kit. The home test kits that many people are using to test ...
Read More about Paparazzi silver colored metal earrings with brown tassels: positive for trace Antimony, Lead & Cadmium.
Paparazzi silver sequin cuff bracelet (with possible leather backing): Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic — positive for trace Antimony
For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four sons ...
Read More about Paparazzi silver sequin cuff bracelet (with possible leather backing): Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic — positive for trace Antimony
In case you care: these are the masks we have chosen to get for our family now that we have Omicron to be concerned about…
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These are the masks my husband has chosen for our family (after he did TON of research) now that Omicron is taking over. We have one kiddo taking in-person college classes this semester and he is medically fragile so it is very important to us that he has the most protective ...
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My most sentimental & favorite possession, this roll of white nylon (?) string. Can you guess why? (BTW it is Lead-free!)
Published: January 2, 2022 - Sunday
I'll be posting the answer to the question in the headline in the morning! Thanks for guessing everyone - there have been some good guesses in the Facebook group so far! :-) [Here's the link to that group if you are not in it yet.]
XRF test results for the ...
Read More about My most sentimental & favorite possession, this roll of white nylon (?) string. Can you guess why? (BTW it is Lead-free!)
PINK STRING! Pittsburgh Construction Line Three Strand Twisted Polypropylene from Harbor Freight: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!
To see more items I have tested from Harbor Freight, click here.
XRF test results for the string pictured here:
60-second test
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Antimony (Sb): non-detect
Bromine ...
Read More about PINK STRING! Pittsburgh Construction Line Three Strand Twisted Polypropylene from Harbor Freight: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!
Who reads LeadSafeMama.com? Click through to see how many readers we had in YOUR country in 2021!
Published: January 2, 2022 - Sunday
This is truly one of my favorite things to see and understand each year: how many readers there are in each of more than 200 countries around the world reading the work here on the Lead Safe Mama website...it's inspiring to see this clear depiction of the impact ...
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Blue & White 2019 handmade Medina tile sent in by a reader from Canada: Lead-free on the decorative surface.
XRF Test results for the tile pictured
Reading #1) 70-second test on the blue area of decorated surface
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 397 +/- 135 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 184 +/- 83 ppm
Iron (Fe): ...
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Paparazzi necklace charm – brown enamel flower with orange center “jewel”: Positive for Mercury, Arsenic, Lead and Cadmium.
Published: January 1, 2022
Scroll down for full XRF Test results for the charm pictured.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT testing that can be done with a home test kit. The home test kits that many people are using to test this Paparazzi jewelry are neither accurate, nor reliable. They ...
Read More about Paparazzi necklace charm – brown enamel flower with orange center “jewel”: Positive for Mercury, Arsenic, Lead and Cadmium.
Paparazzi necklace charm – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” – Positive for Lead, Cadmium, Nickel and Antimony.
Published: January 1, 2022
Scroll down for full XRF Test results for the charm pictured.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT testing that can be done with a home test kit. The home test kits that many people are using to test this Paparazzi jewelry are neither accurate, nor reliable. They ...
Read More about Paparazzi necklace charm – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart” – Positive for Lead, Cadmium, Nickel and Antimony.
