I am excited to share that the article I wrote for Mayim Bialik’s GrokNation.com was published today (10/22/2018) for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Click the image below to read the article on her blog. Click here to share the article on Facebook. Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Tamara Rubin #LeadSafeMama […]
This post is a companion post to two other pieces published earlier. For background and context, please read the two other posts. Thank you. To see all of the related posts, click here. XRF Test Result (test duration, 180.6 seconds/3 minutes): Antimony (Sb): 35 +/- 18 ppm As always, please let me know if you […]
After publishing THIS POST (which has since unexpectedly gone viral!) simply recommending that folks not purchase peanut butter in plastic jars & instead purchase peanut butter in glass whenever possible, a lot of people responded with links and information either supporting or attempting to dismiss or refute my concerns. One of my readers posted several […]
#NLR = “Not Lead Related!” This post has nothing to do with Lead (Pb) or Lead-poisoning — or even heavy metals toxicity; it’s just about peanut butter (the other “P.B.”!) This is a little bit of advice I have personally been sharing with friends for 17 years now, and I thought it would be good […]
Well. I apologize in advance. I know I am going to break at least one heart with this post! [Just because something is in the shape of a unicorn does NOT mean that it is free of toxic chemicals, lol!] I tested several components of this mug, and stopped once I found high levels of […]
Hey friends! My good friend Carissa Bonham (Creative Green Living) wrote a new book “Proven Techniques For Keeping Healthy Chickens” [including “101 all natural tips & tricks”]. Fun Fact: I collaborated with Carissa to create a section in this book about protecting your backyard flock from being lead-poisoned. We’re both pretty sure this is the […]
Check out GrokNation.com and stand by for an article written by “Yours Truly”! I’m excited that language from one of my favorite books of all time has become part of the lexicon of our modern age. I think it is especially clever that Mayim Bialik adopted “Grok” for her new blog: GrokNation.com. If you have […]
From CNN: “EPA director of children’s health, Ruth Etzel, said that she was placed on paid administrative leave without warning. Etzel said she suspects — but had no evidence — that she was sidelined to stymie progress on a major lead poisoning report that was nearing completion.“ Click the image below to watch the video […]
This is the first letter I have signed as “Lead Safe Mama, LLC”. I don’t sign a lot of petitions and letters but I felt this one was particularly important. Click the image below to see the full PDF with a complete list of all of the organizations who signed this letter. I sent it […]
I decided to create a new series of blog posts, with the theme “Stuff I’ve Actually Bought“, because so many people ask for my recommendations for products, yet many of my recommendations here on my blog come from items I have tested for others, not items I personally own. Having recently met some of my followers […]
