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What About Trace Heavy Metals in New Toys?

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This is a broad overview of ATSM toy safety standards as they relate to chemical…

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This is a broad overview of ATSM toy safety standards as they relate to chemical heavy metals…

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This post is about lead in ceramic dishes and cups. It is also an overview…

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“Stress is not so much what you do, but how you react to what you…

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Given how many jewelry and bead supplies contain lead and cadmium, here are a few…

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Handheld XRF testing does not tell us everything about an item. We will always be…

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To make our XRF results easy to read, we created this short guide to explain…

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I used to be an avid jewelry maker. As a child, I remember going to…

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The history of manufacturing is incredibly toxic. From radium paint to asbestos, lead, flame retardants,…