Healthy Homes & Gardens

Looking at this image, can you spot the items with hazardous contaminant levels? We couldn’t, so we put our pXRF to work and found out.

Keeping fish often means buying accessories to create a happy living environment. This month we discovered not all accessories are made equa

Coles Mini Shops are put to the test against our restriction of hazardous substances calibration to see what is contained within.

Known as "the poor man's silver," pewter has been used since the Bronze Age.Making a comeback in popularity, how safe is it in domestic use?

During a recent lead in paint survey, we analysed a very interesting home built in the 1930's. The results were very surprising!

Very small amounts of lead are known to cause serious long term health effects. Young children are particularly vulnerable to exposure fr...

Australian parents have been warned of the potential risks of giving children tap water after a study uncovered widespread lead contamina...