![My late-mother's best friend's youngest son's wife is childhood friends with the owner of this company [But I loved their products before I learned this!]](https://i1.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dave-G-and-Me.jpeg?fit=381%2C400&ssl=1 "My late-mother's best friend's youngest son's wife is childhood friends with the owner of this company [But I loved their products before I learned this!]")
![Vintage Red Vinyl Measuring Tape for Sewing: 4,054 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]](https://i2.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Red-and-White-Vintage-Vinyl-Measuring-Tape-Lead-Safe-Mama-2.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Vintage Red Vinyl Measuring Tape for Sewing: 4,054 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]")
![Singer Sewing Machines Vintage Pink Vinyl Measuring Tape: 3,783 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]](https://i1.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pink-Singer-Measuring-Tape-Lead-Safe-Mama-1.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Singer Sewing Machines Vintage Pink Vinyl Measuring Tape: 3,783 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]")
Alternate Title: How I *met* Kirsten at Kleynimals
I love this little story, so I wanted to share it with my readers. It's a very small world and birds of a feather flock together and all of that!So here's the story....
In 2011 I won the Healthy Child Healthy World Mom On A Mission award. ...
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Vintage Red Vinyl Measuring Tape for Sewing: 4,054 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]
When tested with a Niton XL3T XRF instrument in consumer goods mode this red vinyl "Made in China" vintage measuring tape (pictured here) had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 4,054 +/- 121 ppm
Barium (Ba): 823 +/- 82 ppm
Bromine (Br): 31 +/- 9 ppm
Copper (Cu): 74 +/- 41 ppm ...
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Singer Sewing Machines Vintage Pink Vinyl Measuring Tape: 3,783 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe in kids items.]
When tested with a Niton XL3T XRF instrument in consumer goods mode this measuring tape (pictured here) had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 3,783 +/- 98 ppm
Barium (Ba): 435 +/- 63 ppm
Bromine (Br): 35 +/- 7 ppm
Copper (Cu): 54 +/- 34 ppm
Iron (Fe): 126 +/- 68 ppm
Metals not ...
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An AMAZING note from Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity (in response to my post about their mug!)
Yesterday I posted about a Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity promotional coffee mug being positive for high lead paint (with an additional commentary about how disappointed I have been with HFH's apparent consistent (historic/persistent) organizational disregard for toxicity concerns — constituting a ...
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New (2019) tiles I tested for a friend. Click the image to see the Lead levels for each of the tiles pictured.
I tested these tiles (shown in the picture) using an XRF instrument and they had the following Lead readings (see the image below).I am sharing this with my readers really just "for fun" to show the range of Lead one might find in brand new (2019) tiles. I may update this post with more ...
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Welcome Kleynimals, and Thank You!
Welcome Kleynimals!
A big "THANK YOU!" shout out to the newest #LeadSafeMama sponsor, Kleynimals! I am excited to share with you that as of this month (May 2019) Kleynimals is officially on board as a sponsor of #LeadSafeMama's independent consumer goods testing and Lead-Poisoning ...
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Ceramic mug; a perfect symbol of the beef I have with Habitat for Humanity: 28,500 ppm Lead.
I was just talking about Habitat for Humanity on Facebook with someone earlier today.Habitat for Humanity has been on my S%^t list for a looooong time.I have been continually frustrated by the lack of ethics in their Habitat ReStore program — where across the country I have seen countless ...
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Vintage (1978-1988) yellow Lego® guy w red hat: 5,096 ppm Cadmium [≥40 is unsafe] & 26 ppm Arsenic
Click here to read my recent post that fully discusses the concern for Cadmium found in vintage (1970s-1980s) Legos®.Below is the full XRF reading set for the vintage yellow Lego® head with red hat pictured here [test results are replicable, and were done for a minimum of three minutes - 180 ...
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Vintage (1978-1988) Red & Yellow Lego® door: 10,300 ppm Cadmium [≥40 is unsafe] & 38 ppm Arsenic
Click here to read my recent post that fully discusses the concern for Cadmium found in vintage (1970s-1980s) Legos®.Below is the full XRF reading set for the vintage red and yellow Lego® door pictured here [test results are replicable, and were done for a minimum of three minutes - 180 ...
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Vintage (1978-1988) Red Lego® 4 x 12 panel: 7,659 ppm Cadmium (40 is unsafe) + 39 ppm Arsenic
Click here to read my recent post that fully discusses the concern for Cadmium found in vintage (1970s-1980s) Legos.Below is the full XRF reading set for the vintage red 4 x 12 Lego® block / panel pictured here (tests are replicable and were done for a minimum of three minutes - 180 ...
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Some vintage Legos® test positive for high level of a known carcinogen. Can I tell if my Legos® are safe?
One of these small yellow Lego® bricks (pictured above) is vintage [the one on the left of the photo was purchased new, "between 1978 and 1988"] - and tested positive for a very high level of Cadmium (a known carcinogen); the other is newer [belongs to my kiddos and was purchased sometime in the ...
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c. 1980-1990 Corelle Fruit Pattern Plate: 14,900 ppm Lead & 327 ppm Cadmium [90 ppm Pb is unsafe.]
Corelle cream colored vintage (c. 1980-1990s) glass plate with fruit pattern:
As high as 14,900 ppm Lead on the decorative pattern when tested with an XRF.
60 second tests (multiple tests done to confirm the levels).Red & Blue Striped Trim of Dish:Lead (Pb): 14,900 +/- 400 ppm ...
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