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Longchamp Le Pilage bag (more than 30,000,000 sold & a Kate Middleton favorite) tests positive for unsafe levels Lead.

#LongchampLePilage #Longchamp Advertising image for this bag, as seen on the linked Glamor article below (from Nordstrom).Photos below are of the exact bag tested. Photos taken by me. Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009…

Authentic Louis Vuitton Bag, c. 2001: 811 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe. Does your baby play with your purse?

Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a scientific method used by the…

Authentic Louis Vuitton Bag, c. 2001: 223 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Does your child play with yours?

The owner of this purse told me she purchased it new in Paris (direct from the manufacturer) about 20 years ago, c. 2001. To see more authentic Louis Vuitton purses I have tested, click here. I have known for years that these Louis Vuitton purses often contain high levels of Lead (I mention this at a lot…

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Louis Vuitton Bag, c. 2001: 258 ppm Arsenic + 5,943 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Does your child play with yours?

The owner of this purse told me she purchased it new about 20 years ago, which would put the year of the manufacture date somewhere around 1999. [Update: owner got back to me and pinned it down a little further, she purchased it in Paris on a trip to Europe in 2001.] I have known…

Louis Vuitton Bag: 5019 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids], 666 ppm Mercury (both found in the metal hardware of the bag)

The Louis Vuitton bag pictured here had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: (Buckle Test Results): 5,019 ppm Lead (Pb) 666 ppm Mercury (Hg) All other parts are non-detect for all of the baddies (Hg, Pb, As, & Cd.) For context (since total toxicant levels in purses are not regulated at all)…