Same-day shipping before 2:30 PM ESTFree Spray Extender Ring with every kit365-day money backTSCA LVE L-25-0206 clearedFree US shipping over $75Same-day shipping before 2:30 PM ESTFree Spray Extender Ring with every kit365-day money backTSCA LVE L-25-0206 clearedFree US shipping over $75
Both applicators in one box. Spray for surfaces: paint, tile, sills, trim. Drip for items: dishes, mugs, jewelry, toys. One kit covers the whole house.
Spray bottle: 170 sprays (up to 500 with the extender ring)
Two Full Kits. One for you, one for grandma, your sister, a new-parent friend, the babysitter's house. Lead doesn't stop at your front door. Neither should the kit.
Testing for lead is a powerful thing. But what I've learned in three years of intense research is that there are a lot of angles to consider if you want to truly limit the consequences of lead. I put them all together in these free informational products. I invite you to use all of them.
LEAD Framework
The Lead Framework Book
+$47
98 pages. Paint, dust, pipes, dishes, soil, food: what to test, what the numbers mean, how to fix it. No fluff.
Spray Extender Ring
170 → 500 sprays
Costs me 50¢ to make. Gives you an extra 330 sprays. 3× more surfaces checked. Because detecting lead is good.
Updated weekly
★ Community Baby-Food Lead Database
The single most comprehensive source in the world for lead levels in baby food.
Every brand. Every lot we can get. New lab results every week. Your kit purchase gets you full access. The $100k Maymom bottle recall is in here. Submit lots from your own shelf.
+$120/yr value · yours for life
Lead Vector Assessment
free
Room-by-room home risk scoring. Know your actual exposure vectors before you test.
Toy Safety Database
free
1,372 toys tested by NYC, EU, CPSC, and Pure Earth. Searchable by brand and type.
Baby Bottle Guide
free
Every major brand tested for lead. The canonical low-down, no fluff.
Risk Assessment
free
General exposure screener. Answer 8 questions, see where you actually stand.
Direct support from Eric
+priceless
✓Free mail-in soil XRF test by Eric. Mail us a sample (4×4 inch area, half inch deep, labeled bag) to 9 Technology Drive, East Setauket NY 11733. Eric runs it on his XRF gun and emails the numbers back. Not a test kit shipped with your order, this is a mail-in service.
✓XRF scans of every store I've walked into. Every item, every aisle: searchable database, kit-owner only.
✓Voting rights on the food audit. Kit owners vote on which foods we send to the lab, building the real-world case for home food testing.
✓Email me directly. Real answers from the person who built the kit. No CS script.
All of it: free for life, with any Fluoro-Spec kit purchase.
$200+ value
Finding lead is the first step.
We've got the rest covered: kit, manual, food audit, direct support, to help you get through the whole house.
Don't let lead weigh you down.
§ LIVE PROOF
Six things in your house. All lit up.
Real test footage. Glow means lead. None of these were sold as "lead items."
Not sure which kit to get? Take the 2-minute quiz.
12 quick questions. Your answers map to a real µg/day exposure estimate, compared to the FDA reference dose for your household. We tell you your Lead Safety Score and the kit that fits.
The Lead Framework: 98-page field manual (PDF). And the 2¢ Spray Extender Ring: takes spray bottles from 170 to 500 sprays, available with the half-spray kit too.
Finding lead is the first step.
We've got the rest covered. Fluoro-Spec kits, the Lead Framework manual, and direct support from Eric, to help you get through the whole house.
Don't let lead weigh you down.
§ 04 · WHY THIS MATTERS
Real parents. Real homes. Real lead they found in time.
From parents who ran the kit before the doctor did.
Pulled from Judge.me + Amazon. Verified purchases.
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★★★★★ FEATURED
"My heart sank."
Andrea · Amazon · Aug 2019 · ✓ verified purchase
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Let me just start off by saying this product is a life saver. My 3 year old had to have his lead/hgb test for preschool. Well, his came back high! Me being the over reacting parent I got online and ordered this product, before his retesting, and I'm so glad I did.
I tested every wall/window seal in our house. All came back negative so, at first I thought maybe I was doing it wrong, bc something has to be causing it in our home bc he never stays anywhere else. Well shortly after going over all the surfaces in my house I hit me, I didn't check the back porch. Low and behold I swabbed an old cabinet that was chipping and IMMEDIATELY it turned bright pink. MY HEART SANK.
But I was so relieved to have found the cause of the potentially dangerous outcome if I hadn't. Anyways, out of all the other kits this one was buy far the absolute best value, you can test many surfaces and get immediate results, and super easy to use. I'm beyond thankful I found this kit and we'll be buying it again to retest everything after we get the porch taken care of.
I bought this after being extremely nervous following my child's lead exposure test. It helped us identify that the lead paint was on our windowsills. Now I have peace of mind that my child is safe. Easy to use, instant results.
So happy I ordered this and found out my kiddo's toy/book shelf was positive for lead. I never would have known. Easy to use, glows immediately. Worth every penny.
I had suspected there was lead in my house, but thanks to this kit I know exactly where (plot twist, it wasn't where I thought!) Now I can take control to keep them safe.
This kit is easy to use and very helpful. I already had to throw away 2 coffee cups that were used regularly. I'm slowly going through our house and I know I feel safer using this.
I live in a 75 year old house and have used various lead test kits over many years since the time we were expecting our first kid. This method blows all the others out of the water. Totally different way of testing, lab-grade results in seconds.
I tested it on an actual bullet so I would know what the green glow would look like and then tested all my heirloom china and our normal dinnerware. It's SO easy and is worth the comfort of knowing for sure I'm protecting my family.
Drip for a single screw, mug, or dish. Spray for walls, dust, and floors. Dry surfaces only. Water washes the signal away.
step 02
Shine the UV.
The reagent binds to lead and forms fluorescent microcrystals on contact. Unlike color-change swabs, the signal can't be faked by rust, soap, or pigment.
step 03
Read the glow.
Glow = positive. No glow = clean. Read it with your own eyes, the same chemistry labs use, just in a bottle.
§ 06 · WHERE IT HIDES
Six places it's already hiding.
You don't have to check everywhere. You have to check the right six things.
The Fluoro-Spec method was published in Analytica Chimica Acta (2024).
Eric Ritter is a co-author. The original study used the same chemistry now in our bottles to detect lead-based paint dust at 40 µm, the threshold of naked-eye visibility.
We also built a calculator at bloodleadcalculator.com to help you understand the truth about lead in food. Dose matters more than concentration. Most online lead-in-food panic doesn't show you the math. We do.
Before I ever spoke with them, I understood how it worked. Their approach combined a 3-year-old solution they had developed themselves with a Chinese research paper published 4 months before they tried to patent their method.
The science wasn't mysterious. It was obvious. Tiny amounts of lead could be found just by dripping the liquid onto a surface.
Luckily, it couldn't be monopolized.
Eric Ritter · Fluoro-Spec Inc. · East Setauket, NY
§ 10 · FAQ
Common questions.
What does Fluoro-Spec actually detect?
Bio-available lead on any dry surface: paint, pipes, brass, solder, ceramic glaze, dust, paint cracks, and soil. Under 365 nm UV, bound lead grows fluorescent microcrystals. Glow = positive. No glow = clean.
How is this different from drugstore swab tests?
Color-change tests (rhodizonate, sodium sulfide) can false-positive on rust, soap, and pigments. Fluoro-Spec's signal is a physical crystal structure that only lead produces. It's the same chemistry labs use. We put it in a bottle.
What's the difference between Spray and Drip?
Drip is for a single item: a mug, a screw, a piece of jewelry. Spray is for a surface: a wall, a floor, an area where lead dust might be. The Full Kit has both.
Is the chemical safe?
Yes. The reagent (methylammonium bromide in isopropyl alcohol) is non-toxic at testing dilution and EPA TSCA LVE L-25-0206 cleared. Don't drink it. Ventilate when spraying. Same common sense as any cleaner.
I rent. Still worth it?
Absolutely. Run the kit before you sign a lease, and any time you suspect chipped paint, plumbing trouble, or imported items. Knowing where the lead is doesn't require landlord approval.
I was testing everything around the house like plates cups clothes etc, and most things were negative (yay!) But then i tested a pair of old boots and they came up positive!the pleather on the boots were flaking off too! My family would still be getting that exposure if i didnt have this kit, thank you!!
I am so glad I bought the Fluoro-Spec Test Kit! I've been worried about some of the dishes (especially mugs) my family regularly uses. I was able to reassure myself that most of the mugs were fine (one I did have to throw out due to testing positive for lead). And nearly all of our plates and bowls tested safe. I am thankful I have this to help make good, educated decisions about what items we use.
