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Shock warning after popular vintage Fisher-Price toy tests positive for lead and arsenic

We all had one of these growing up ... - by Amy Sinclair
  • 17 Sep 2019

It’s the vintage toy many of us had growing up - the iconic Fisher & Price Cash Register. 

But while many of us may still have it sitting in our attics, garages and vintage toy collections, it seems it’s not necessarily safe for modern-day use.

Shock warning after popular vintage Fisher-Price toy tests positive for lead and arsenic

Leading child health advocate Tamara Rubin is known across Australia and the globe for her pioneering work in identifying the alarming levels of lead in vintage items such as Tupperware, Bunnykins bowls and Corningware. 

Now Tamara’s turned her attention to popular old toys, and specifically the 1974 Fisher-Price Cash Register - and found some disturbing results. 

Sharing all on her Lead Safe Mama site, Tamara reveals that the toy favourite from the 1970s contains dangerous levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Using ‘science-based and replicable’ testing methods, expert Tamara found lead, cadmium and arsenic in the Green ‘Sale’ Button well above the acceptable levels. 

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She also found disturbing levels of arsenic and lead in the Yellow ‘Money’ Button, the Green Plastic Handle and the ‘Dark Orange Plastic Change Slide’.

Tamara also found other dangerous chemicals in the toy - click here to see even more of the specific results. 

As a result, Tamar advises people to ‘avoid vintage Fisher Price toys.’

Says Tamara of her important work: ‘I test things that people send me to test, and I also do home visits with families – where I test everything in their home that I (or they) have toxicity concerns about.

She adds: ‘In many cases, when I  see certain items (or a member of an entire class of similar items), I have immediate concerns for actual poisoning of the user(s), based, unfortunately, on a great deal of personal experience…’

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