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I'm aware, but I made this post initially as a psa, now I'll just leave it for archival reasons and let others know that these swab tests can give false positives. I still believe in using caution when buying fake toys, and I don't have any means on hand to for sure test the blade I have in hand for lead, but I won't be playing with it until I do and I'll make a follow up post then with the results, even if it wouldn't make much sense for it to have lead anyway. I feel the peace of mind is worth it for anybody who may feel the same. I can verify this test kit gives false positives based on the presence of zinc, however the listing claims it's for "all surfaces, metals, and toys" with no disclaimers or reviews with warnings of a potential false positives https://a.co/d/06dFfssu
I wasn’t trying to upset you; I was just suggesting that you might want to test the house paint for lead. Because peeling it can make it emit invisible-to-the-eye particles of dust. Lead paint is very common in houses built before 1978. Here’s a link to a lead test that costs about 10 bucks. https://a.co/d/0chM3kVl If you go to the link I included in my original reply, you’ll see that lead poisoning can mimic a lot of things that can just seem like very common, vague, non-threatening things. Best of luck!