Originally Posted: December 2019
Updated: Friday, January 20, 2020
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This “Start Here” post is a work in progress, so please let me know if you don’t find what you are looking for. Here are the topics posted so far (each ...
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Longchamp Le Pilage bag (more than 30,000,000 sold & a Kate Middleton favorite) tests positive for unsafe levels Lead.
#LongchampLePilage #Longchamp Advertising image for this bag, as seen on the linked Glamor article below (from Nordstrom).Photos below are of the exact bag tested. Photos taken by me.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety and she is also a ...
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For LSM fans: Support the work of Lead Safe Mama with a gift of $25 this holiday season & I will send you a little something!
Sunday - November 29, 2020
Hi friends! For those who are new here, this might sound like an unusual idea or request - it's really an opportunity for the hardcore friends and fans of the Lead Safe Mama website and work to help with an end-of-year contribution in exchange for a "perk" that will ...
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THREE years ago today I was illegally arrested for a crime I did not commit…
Saturday - November 28, 2020
Three years ago today I was illegally arrested for a crime I did not commit (& handcuffed & taken to jail in a black unmarked SUV.)
I definitely have PTSD around this date - but just wanted to mark the passing of time on this with a quick blog post.
If you ...
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“Displaced” during a pandemic. Where Next? Santa Monica? Connecticut? NYC? Hawaii? Barbados? Help me figure this out?
Saturday - November 28, 2020
If you have been following our story over the past several months - you know that I have been on the road with my children for quite some time. We actually left on a cross-country road trip / work trip on August 3rd and have not been home yet - in part because of the ...
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November 2020 just nudged in to 7th place for Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthEver! Thank you!
November 27, 2020
Thanks again everyone!
Updated below (Monday - 11/30/2020 - a.m.)
If things keep going at the same rate as they have been for the last few days it looks like November 2020 will likely close out in 6th place for #BestMonthEver here on the Lead Safe Mama blog (6th place for ...
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Today, November 2020 bumped in to 8th place for Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthEver! Thank you!
Thanks again everyone!
#Bump ...
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November 2020 just made it in to the #TopTen months of all time on LeadSafeMama.com! Thank you!
Thanks everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Here's to an amazing December! ...
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Lead Safe Mama around the world 11/2019 – 11/2020. Click to see all 215 countries with LSM readers this year!
Thursday - November 26, 2020
This blog has been read by 1,503,655 people in 215 "countries" (per Google Analytics) in the past 12 months! I'm always amazed to read the lists of countries where there are Lead Safe Mama readers AND to see the number of readers in each country!
In the past 12 ...
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Happy Birthday to Me! Last weekend the “Lead Poisoning Prevention with Lead Safe Mama” Facebook group passed 10,000 members!
Thursday - November 26, 2020
This was quite thrilling! This past Sunday the Facebook group associated with this website passed the milestone of 10,000 members! We also recently changed the name of the group from "The Lead (Pb) Group" to "Lead Poisoning Prevention with Lead Safe Mama" (in case you ...
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Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (use them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.
Click the instagram screen shots below to see them full sized and read the comments.
Introduction to Tamara (for those new to the site!)
Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, ...
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Imperial China by W. Dalton 5671 Whitney, Made in Japan: 3,162 ppm Lead in the decorative trim on the food surface.
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here has the following readings...
Plain white center of the dish
Bismuth (Bi): 49 +/- 9 ppm
Iron (Fe): 2,165 +/- 180 ppm
Vanadium (V): 121 +/- 59 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 302 +/- 94 ppm
Silver gray decorative edge of the dish ...
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Noritake Keltcraft Ireland 9171 Eastfair saucer with floral pattern: 36,600 ppm Lead on the food surface (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
When tested with an XRF instrument the Keltcraft Noritake saucer shown here had the following readings:
60-second tests - Multiple tests were done on each component to confirm the readings
With XRF focused on the plain cream colored area in the center of the dish:
Lead (Pb): ...
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Dollar Store blue “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: negative for Lead, Arsenic, Mercury, & Antimony.
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget ...
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Dollar Store yellow “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: positive for trace Cadmium & Antimony (at relatively safe levels.)
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget ...
Read More about Dollar Store yellow “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: positive for trace Cadmium & Antimony (at relatively safe levels.)
