Reading #1) Test on the backside of the frog (silver metal)
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 4,177 +/- 500 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 88 +/- 52 ppm
Vanadium (V): 229 +/- 90 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 95 +/- 42 ppm ...
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Phillips 66 “Top Performer Award” keychain: 666,400 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids). This is a problem with MANY keychains, they are not toys.
XRF Test Results for the keychain pictured
60-second test
Lead (Pb): 666,400 +/- 1,100 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): non-detect
Copper (Cu): 6,060 +/- 162 ppm
Selenium (Se): 692 +/- 136 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 332 ...
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222 Fifth “Bonjour Paris” Jumbo Mug with Eiffel Tower – Made in Indonesia: 23 ppm Lead on the plain white (safe by all standards) & 5,802 ppm Lead on the logo mark.
Published: Tuesday - December 14, 2021
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ...
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222 Fifth “City Scenes Black & White” Square Dish with Eiffel Tower – Made in Indonesia: 86 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards) & 8,801 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Published: Tuesday - December 14, 2021
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ...
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222 Fifth “Paris Travels” Square Dish – Made in Indonesia: 62 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards) & 6,516 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Published: Tuesday - December 14, 2021
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ...
Read More about 222 Fifth “Paris Travels” Square Dish – Made in Indonesia: 62 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards) & 6,516 ppm Lead on the back mark.
St. Nicholas Square Tree Lot Snowman Christmas Dish: 55,800 ppm Lead on the food surface (1,297 ppm Cadmium, which causes cancer)
Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2021
How much Lead is "too much" Lead?
In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ...
Read More about St. Nicholas Square Tree Lot Snowman Christmas Dish: 55,800 ppm Lead on the food surface (1,297 ppm Cadmium, which causes cancer)
Beyonce + Jay Z + Tiffany & Co. + Lead : Beyonce’s partnership with Tiffany & Co. is an opportunity to change an industry.
A letter to Beyonce (& Jay Z.)
December 14, 2021 - Tuesday
Hello Jay Z and @Beyonce!
I noticed (back in August of this year) that you have a new promotional relationship with Tiffany & Co.!
I used to LOVE Tiffany & Co. — in fact, when I lived in New York City (in the ...
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Click through to read the full XRF test results for the Star Wars Special Edition Mandalorian The Child Baby Yoda Pyrex glass food storage containers.
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When tested with an XRF Instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Reading #1) Green plastic of Baby Yoda container lid
30-Second Test
Lead (Pb): non-detect ...
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Tor-Mex Mexico tortilla press painted with red high-Lead paint (Sur La Table, what the HELL is wrong with you!?): 18,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
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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 four sons ...
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My son Avi’s final art project for his class at PSU this semester (with explanation!)
Completed: 12/8/2021
An explanation of this piece of art
by Avi Rubin [age 16]
Introduction by Mom:
Since Avi has a brain injury from being acutely Lead poisoned at 7-months-old (with - among other impacts - his visual memory diagnosed as being in the 4th percentile when he was 7 years old) ...
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“Department 56” Cat Christmas Tree Dish: 1,006 ppm Lead + 765 ppm Cadmium on the food surface of the dish
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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Mexican style colorful blown glass drinking glass: 65 ppm Lead & 11 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.
Here's the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to (or have possibly "stumbled upon") my work - while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research:
Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, Federal-award-winning independent ...
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Vintage Orange Hazel Atlas Milk Glass Mug: 24,100 ppm Lead + 1,546 ppm Cadmium + 39 ppm Mercury. Cadmium causes cancer. Lead is toxic at 90 ppm & up.
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). ...
Read More about Vintage Orange Hazel Atlas Milk Glass Mug: 24,100 ppm Lead + 1,546 ppm Cadmium + 39 ppm Mercury. Cadmium causes cancer. Lead is toxic at 90 ppm & up.
