Originally Posted: December 2019
Updated: Friday, January 20, 2020Click any one of the image blocks below for more information on that subject.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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A 2-minute film I created this week is one of 200 shorts chosen for Women In Film’s Curbside Shorts competition!
Living with children with OCD during a pandemic
a short film
Here’s my (first ever!) documentary short film. Please watch it and then click through (via this link) to vote so it is considered by the contest's jury when they vote on June 2nd! Thank you. For more info about the competition ...
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I heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not “real” or “useful” test results. Why is this?
A urine test from a 13 year old boy in Pennsylvania:
A urine test from a 50 year old woman in California:
"I've heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not 'real' or 'useful' test results. Why is this?"
I had personally heard urine and hair test results ...
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It’s not just paint! Stain can have Lead too! Interior 1905 door: 987 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 157 ppm Arsenic!
Dark stained original interior wood door
in house built in 1905 (Portland, Oregon)
The door pictured above is in my home, which is in Portland, Oregon (USA) and was built in 1905. I believe (based on their design, construction - and test results) that these are the original doors from when the ...
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Glow-in-the-dark Halloween fake spiderwebs, brand unknown: 20 ppm Arsenic (video)
Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Spiderwebs
120-second tests
Reading One:Arsenic (As): 14 +/- 4 ppm
Gold (Au): 22 +/- 13 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 67 +/- 12 ppm
Copper (Cu): 63 +/- 21 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 73 +/- 18 ppm
Iron (Fe): 492 +/- 53 ppm
Vanadium (V): 1,055 +/- 209 ...
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Teavana Petite Fleur Glass Teacup: 11,700 ppm Lead + 488 ppm Cadmium + 1,396 pm Arsenic in the white flowers.
Teavana Petite Fleur Cherry Blossom
Double-Walled Glass Teacup (4 oz)
In researching this (to figure out what to call it in this post), I was unsurprised to learn that Teavana is owned by Starbucks. Unsurprised because then it makes total sense that these small delicate glass teacups are painted ...
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Squeaky toy “Trump” horse from a vending machine at a highway rest stop in Maine (October 2019): Lead-free
My son got this little squeaky toy horse from a vending machine at a rest stop in Maine as we were headed north to Bar Harbor in October of 2019. He actually got a whole bunch of these toys (maybe 20?) as he repeatedly fed the toy machine with quarters. I have pictures of the machine in my photo ...
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Urban Infant (UI) Chunky Sidewalk Chalk, “sidewalk not included” (Canada): Lead-free, Cadmium-Free!
Urban Infant (UI) Chunky Sidewalk Chalk
This chalk was sent to me by a reader, but without any accompanying note, so I want to thank you for sending it in — whoever you are! :-) While the product is "Made in China", it appears this might a Canadian brand of sidewalk chalk, as I could not find ...
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Vintage 1962 Milton Bradley Candy Land game board: 41 ppm Lead. Safe by all modern standards… but…
Vintage Candy Land game board
While the total content Lead test results for this vintage Candy Land game board (using high-precision XRF technology) are fairly low (and within the range of what is considered safe by all modern standards even for newly manufactured items intended for use by ...
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1981 Colorforms Tummy Ache game board with spinner: 29 ppm Lead. Safe by all current standards… but…
Vintage Colorforms
The Colorforms game board pictured here tested "safe by all modern standards" - meaning there was no component (no color or are of the board pictured) that tested positive for a level of Lead above the 90 ppm threshold set by the CPSIA for the presence of Lead in modern consumer ...
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Blue cotton pants from The Gap (2020): Lead-free, Antimony-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free ;-)
Why did you test your son's pants, Tamara?!
I decided to test my son's cotton pants from The Gap because I had an interesting discussion recently on social media with one of my readers, who was asserting that all modern fabric had the potential to contain some types of carcinogen or other heavy ...
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Dollar Store Cristar Mikonos 2019 stemless wine glasses: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free! Good choice!
Bottom of Cup - 60 secondsCopper (Cu): 1,789 +/- 154 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 203 +/- 56 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 4,455 +/- 318 ppmSide of Cup - 60 secondsCopper (Cu): 2,216 +/- 205 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 258 +/- 107 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 428 +/- 103 ppm
Indium (In): 27 +/- 15 ppm
no ...
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2015 Beautyrest Recharge Hybrid Delanco Mattress: 3,283 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats) on the sleep surface.
Reading on main fabric of mattress
(sleeping surface / cream colored fabric):Barium (Ba): 195 +/- 128 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 3,283 +/- 67 ppm
Bromine (Br): 7 +/- 3 ppm
Iron (Fe): 121 +/- 28 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 1,010 +/- 310 ppmAs always, please let me know if you have any ...
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2017 Beautyrest Recharge World Class Bridgewater Firm Mattress: 89 ppm Antimony on the main fabric of the mattress.
Reading on main fabric of mattress
(sleeping surface / gray & white):Antimony (Sb): 42 +/- 26 ppm
Tin (Sn): 89 +/- 18 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 34 +/- 12 ppm
Copper (Cu): 31 +/- 19 ppm
Iron (Fe): 284 +/- 44 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 4,809 +/- 166 ppmReading on white only area of ...
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This is a summary with links to all of my posts about cups for kids (baby cups, sippy cups, etc.) with Lead test results.
Introduction
For each post I write, there are category keyword tabs at the top of the post. Each of those words is a link to the category, and you can get to that category overview (to see all of the posts in that category) anytime, by clicking on any of those words. I am working on ...
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