Vintage Plastic

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 +/- 15 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 260 +/- 11 ppm…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Blue Wooden Lady With Plastic Hair: 1,202 ppm Cadmium + 42 ppm Lead.

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Blue Wooden Lady With Yellow Plastic Hair. Painted Wood & 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 Hair: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow Train Car: 3,261 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 304 ppm Arsenic Too!

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow Train Car Toy. Yellow & Black 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 of Train Car: Lead (Pb): 3,261 +/- 50…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Green Plastic Man: 101 ppm Cadmium + 30 ppm Mercury

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Green Man. Green plastic body with peach plastic head and painted on face and hair. 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: Painted Head/Face –…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow Slide: 1,550 ppm Cadmium [75 ppm Cadmium (and up) is unsafe for kids.]

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Playground Slide. 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 Slide: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative Cadmium (Cd): 1,550 +/- 25 ppm Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect/Negative…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine: 2,309 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 126 ppm Arsenic

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Sewing Machine Doll House Toy. Green & Blue 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: Green Plastic of Sewing Machine Table: Lead (Pb): 2,309…

XRF [Heavy Metals Toxicity] Test Results for Vintage Fisher Price Little People School Desk Toy

Vintage Fisher Price Little People School Desk Toy. Green 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: Green Plastic School Desk: Lead (Pb): 1,962 +/- 31 ppm* Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative…

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Suitcase Toy: 6,763 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 534 ppm Arsenic.

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Suitcase Toy. Green 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: Green Plastic Suitcase: Lead (Pb): 6,763 +/- 87 ppm* Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect/Negative…

XRF [Heavy Metals Toxicity] Test Results for Vintage Fisher Price Little People Swingset

Vintage Fisher Price Little People Swingset. Yellow and Green 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 below) are as follows: Yellow Plastic Components: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative Cadmium (Cd): 2,049 +/- 30 ppm Mercury…

Vintage (1970s?) Sesame Street Fisher Price Little People Doll – Susan: 28 ppm Lead (Lead-safe by all modern standards)

When tested with an XRF instrument (in consumer goods mode) this vintage Fisher Price Sesame Street Susan doll had the following reading for Lead… Hair: 28 +/- 6 ppm. This amount of lead is considered safe by all standards. All other components of this doll were non-detect for Cadmium, Lead, Arsenic & Mercury. This is…

#Leaded: Vintage Fisher Price Motor Boat Toy (c. 1970?)

Vintage Fisher Price Motor Boat Toy. Tested with an XRF instrument: Green Plastic Arsenic (As): 113 +/- 23 ppm Yellow Plastic Cadmium (Cd): 1992 +/- 41 ppm White Plastic Lead (Pb): 148 +/- 11 ppm Most plastic vintage Fisher Price toys are positive for some level of lead, cadmium or arsenic. There is no place…

#Arsenic: Vintage Popeye & Olive Oyl Baby Rattle

When I tested this vintage plastic Popeye and Olive Oyl rattle I was CERTAIN it would be positive for high levels of lead, but I was wrong! No lead at all, not a trace in any component. Unfortunately it does not have a year of manufacture or maker’s mark on it, but based on other…

This vintage (c. 1970) “Malibu Francie” Barbie tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium

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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by…

#LeadFree: 1958 New Year Baby Kewpie Celluloid Doll “Irwin” #Cadmium

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 were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…