Metal Content of Consumer Products Tested by the NYC Health Department
This is an official DOHMH dataset. Creating derivative/community datasets based on this dataset is allowed so long as it is done in a manner that is not misleading and does not imply endorsement of such datasets by DOHMH. NYC DOHMH tests consumer products collected during investigations of lead poisonings and store surveys, for lead. Certain consumer products are also tested for other metals such as arsenic, cadmium and mercury. This dataset contains the laboratory results for the consumer products that are tested. For more information on hazardous consumer products, visit nyc.gov/hazardous products.
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Freshness
The publisher's promise
How the agency that publishes this data says it keeps the data current.
Fresh
- Says it updates
- Annually
- Actually updates about every
- —
- Publisher last updated the data
- Jun 22, 2026
Our mirror
Whether our copy of this data is current with the source.
In sync
- We last synced
- Jun 22, 2026, 1:02 PM
- Rows in our copy
- 9,520
- Rows at the source
- 9,520
- Our copy trails the source by
- under a minute
Columns
Each source column, with the name and type we use to store it.
0 of 12 columns carry a concept; 12 carry a description from the publisher. Read the concept column before you join. A column with no concept carries no claim from us, and a name that looks like a key is not one.
| Source field | Display name | What the publisher says it is | Concept | Source type | Stored as | Stored type | Row identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
units | UNITS | Unit of measurement: • ppm or parts per million • mg/cm2 or milligram per square centimeter • mg/L | Not bound | Text | units | text | — | |
product_type | PRODUCT_TYPE | Type of consumer product tested: • Cosmetics • Food-Spice; Food-Candy; Food-Other • Jewelry • Dietary Supplement/Medications/Remedy • Paint Supplies • Religious powder • Tableware/Pottery • Toys/Children’s products • QA/QC – Lab test • Other | Not bound | Text | product_type | text | — | |
made_in_country | MADE_IN_COUNTRY | Name of country where the product was made as it appears on product label or as reported to staff during investigation. | Not bound | Text | made_in_country | text | — | |
row_id | ROW_ID | Each row ID represents unique laboratory test result for the consumer product tested. | Not bound | Number | row_id | numeric | — | |
collection_date | COLLECTION_DATE | Date the product sample was collected. | Not bound | Calendar date | collection_date | timestamp | — | |
purchase_country | PURCHASE COUNTRY | Name of country in which the product was purchased as reported to staff during case investigation or noted by staff during store survey. | Not bound | Text | purchase_country |
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Source and attribution
Where this data comes from, which version we hold, and what we changed.
- Source
- https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/da9u-wz3r
- Version
- Content hash:
29e0f846fd4bdb4d75b4ae57d6734d5176908a8a8384e4a4a558fab9bb0ca21a - What we changed
- We did not change the data. We stored it as published.
- Publisher
- codenownyc
- We retrieved it
- Jun 22, 2026, 1:02 PM
Update history
| Started | Kind | Result | Rows written | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026, 8:01 AM | full_replace | success | 9,520 | codenow-nycmesh-container-oci.jfrog.io/codenow/citytap-pull:0.1.68 |