Analysis of Heavy Metals in Toys and Accessories by ICPE-9800 Series

In recent years, safety issues related to inexpensive metal toys and accessories have become a social problem. Toys and accessories are now required to be evaluated for safety with respect to their content using an appropriate test method. These test methods are defined according to various international standards, including ISO 8124 and the European standard EN71-Part3. Both are dissolution tests based on the assumption that such toys and accessories will be ingested by infants, resulting in the absorption of toxic elements into the body. Such an analysis of toys and accessories requires that, in addition to being able to measure harmful trace elements with high sensitivity, measurement can be conducted for multiple samples quickly and at low cost.
Here, using the Shimadzu ICPE-9800 series multi-type ICP atomic emission spectrometer, we conducted measurement of commercially available toys and metallic accessories as samples.