1/2 XGTAN:Env01 Micro-XRF analysis for lead contamination in toys Introduction Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important, and regulatory bodies across the world are beginning to impose strict guidelines affecting manufacturers and importers for a very wide range of products. The European WEEE/RoHS regulations are just one example, where each and every component in almost all electrical equipment must have levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and certain brominated polymers below fixed levels. More recently, there have been growing concerns over the presence of harmful materials within toys. Figure 1: High lead content in imported toys can cause serious illness To a child a toy is an object which could be held for extended p

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