Comments on: Testing Toys for Lead http://blogs.babiesonline.com/products/testing-toys-for-lead/ News & Information about parenting, pregnancy, and Babies Online's services Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://blogs.babiesonline.com/products/testing-toys-for-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-2676 Jeremy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:59:57 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/10/testing-toys-for-lead/#comment-2676 There are 3 ways to test for lead in toys: 1. There is a swab you can purchase from most hardware stores. $5 for 2 test. CPSC released their results and more often then not they were incorrect results. And yes it's expensive to test all your toys. 2. Send your toys in for testing at a lab. Typically it will cost $30 per item and you wont get it back. It is destroyed in the process. 3. XRF Testing. I run a business, www.exposinglead.com , where we come to your home and test for lead on-site. XRF is an accepted method for testing for lead in toys and we are non-destructive and have immediate results. $149 per hour and we test up to 100 toys per hour. There are 3 ways to test for lead in toys:

1. There is a swab you can purchase from most hardware stores. $5 for 2 test. CPSC released their results and more often then not they were incorrect results. And yes it’s expensive to test all your toys.

2. Send your toys in for testing at a lab. Typically it will cost $30 per item and you wont get it back. It is destroyed in the process.

3. XRF Testing. I run a business, http://www.exposinglead.com , where we come to your home and test for lead on-site. XRF is an accepted method for testing for lead in toys and we are non-destructive and have immediate results. $149 per hour and we test up to 100 toys per hour.

]]> By: Trish http://blogs.babiesonline.com/products/testing-toys-for-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 Trish Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:01:30 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/10/testing-toys-for-lead/#comment-2209 I understand that the blogger didn't want to advertise the particular company and online drugstore she bought it from, but I can't find it anywhere, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had any luck finding prices on home lead tests that come anywhere near $20 for 50 tests. Anything I've seen so far, if you do the math, costs about $2 PER TEST. Too many toys to spend that kind of money. Does anyone know where to find this? Thank you for this very helpful information! I understand that the blogger didn’t want to advertise the particular company and online drugstore she bought it from, but I can’t find it anywhere, and I’m wondering if anyone else has had any luck finding prices on home lead tests that come anywhere near $20 for 50 tests. Anything I’ve seen so far, if you do the math, costs about $2 PER TEST. Too many toys to spend that kind of money. Does anyone know where to find this?

Thank you for this very helpful information!

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