A Phoenix, Arizona television station claimed that Paulson gaming chips contain dangerous levels of lead and pose a health hazard. Specialist testing company Exponent concluded that it's unlikely that handling Paulson gaming chips under normal conditions would produce any significant health risk to players or dealers.

Tests conducted on chips manufactured this year demonstrate that the current version of the chips contain a barely perceptible lead level in the parts per million range.

GPI President and Chief Executive Officer, Gerard P. Charlier, said "Exponent recreated a gaming environment complete with blackjack tables, players and dealer, and monitored the routine handling of the Paulson chips by the players and dealer as well as sampled the air around the gaming table."

"We are very pleased with the test results which are consistent with our position that when used as intended there is no unacceptable risk to either casino employees or playing public pertaining to the amount of lead in Paulson chips."

He added: "Our product has been used, almost exclusively, in gaming casinos for over 40 years and, as one would expect, without a single case where our chip was described as a danger to employees or patrons. The hysteria created by the unfortunate portrayal of the Paulson gaming chip required that we take these extraordinary steps in order to provide independent evaluations of the safety of our product."

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