My Grandmother’s WWII Era Brass Chanukah Menorah: 30,900 ppm Lead [90 ppm and up is unsafe for items children play with.]

XRF readings:
Lead: 30900 ppm · Cadmium: 1100 ppm · Arsenic: 0 ppm

Verdict: Very high: avoid food contact + High cadmium

This My Grandmother’s WWII Era Brass Chanukah Menorah: 30,900 ppm Lead [90 ppm and up is unsafe for items children play with.] tested at 30900 ppm lead, heavily contaminated. If any of the lead is on the painted surface, decoration, or worn area, expect bioavailable exposure with food contact, mouthing, or abrasion. Cadmium reads 1100 ppm, which is also flagged territory.

What this XRF reading actually means →
XRF measures lead presence on the surface. It does not measure whether that lead can reach a person. That distinction matters for how you should react to this number. Read the full primer.

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Source: EverythingLead · Test method: XRF (Niton XL 5 Plus, 1.5 sigma)
License: Verdict and methodology © EverythingLead, CC-BY-SA 4.0. Factual XRF measurements are not copyrightable (Feist v. Rural Tel., 499 U.S. 340).