![Which salt do you use in your kitchen, Tamara? [Hint: Pink Himalayan salt is among the highest Lead content salts!]](https://i2.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jacobsen-Salt-Oregon-Lead-Safe-Mama-2019-01.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1 "Which salt do you use in your kitchen, Tamara? [Hint: Pink Himalayan salt is among the highest Lead content salts!]")
![Himalayan Pink Salt lamp: Lead-free [down to single-digit-ppm range]. Himalayan salt: safe for lamps (but not safe in food!).](https://i0.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SaltLamp.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "Himalayan Pink Salt lamp: Lead-free [down to single-digit-ppm range]. Himalayan salt: safe for lamps (but not safe in food!).")
Originally Posted: December 2019
Updated: Friday, January 20, 2020
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How much Lead is in salt? Which salt is safest to use for cooking? Is Himalayan salt safe?
If you work with (or own) a salt company and have more recent (or more accurate / more specific) test results than what is listed below, please do share that with me and I will update the post! Thank you!
A collaboration with my readers
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Thank you! – Mischief Managed!
Tuesday - October 20, 2020
Thank you everyone for your help with this! Now to finish the next hurdle - rounding up the remaining funds to cover the acquisition costs of the two (new-to-me) instruments (along with registration fees, and possible servicing fees!...) Baby steps... one thing at a time! ...
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A list of folks across the U.S. who do consumer goods testing with the appropriate instrumentation… Stand by!
Posted: October 19, 2020
Updated: October 20, 2020
STAND BY!
So often readers contact me and tell me their consumer goods have been tested "with an instrument that only reads in milligrams per square centimeter". Measuring in milligrams per square centimeter is the standard for house paint, not ...
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The preview screener of my documentary film on Childhood Lead Poisoning passed 25,000 YouTube views this month!
25,000 views on YouTube!
Reaching 25,000 views of the film this month means there have been more than 4,000 views in the past six months - during the CoViD-19 Pandemic (since I last posted, exactly 6 months ago on April 19, 2020!) Thanks for sharing this everyone. Click the image below to go ...
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Details for scheduling a (CoViD-19 safe / socially distanced) consultation or small community event with Lead Safe Mama.
Monday - October 19, 2020
Hello friends!
I am available on the East Coast/ New England for one-on-one consultations (with individuals or small businesses), or small community events — for at least another two weeks (and possibly for longer than that) and am otherwise working on scheduling ...
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Tentative route map for my 2020 Fall / Winter cross-country tour (October 18, 2020 update).
Here's the map!
October 18, 2020
Hello all! Below is the tentative driving map for my cross-country return trip. I need to confirm at least five consultations (or small community events) to make this trip happen (to make sure the costs of the return trip are covered!)
So far I have the following ...
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Some of Avi’s favorite YouTube channels for learning in spite of his brain injury: 3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown YouTube Channel
Avi LOVES Math! Especially complex math concepts!
My son Avi (who will turn 16 years old in January!) does a huge chunk of his learning via YouTube, but it's not because of the pandemic and the need for distance learning - it is because he has a diagnosed brain injury ...
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Are you interested in scheduling a one-on-one (in person / socially distanced / CoViD-19 safe) consultation with Lead Safe Mama?
Since so many of my readers closely follow my personal story, this post has a personal update as well as details on scheduling and my upcoming plans. If you want to skip the personal update (and just get to the meat of the details for hiring me!) click here.
Sunday - October 18, 2020
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Ten Minutes With Tamara: Guest Ananda from New Zealand – October 9, 2020
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Vintage Coke bottle (can you help me determine what year this is from?): 27,900 ppm Lead in the painted logo. 90 ppm (& up) is illegal in items used by kids.
Vintage Coke Bottle
I do not know the exact age of this bottle. It was purchased for $3 at an antique store and sold as "vintage" - amidst a collection of other vintage bottles, but to me it looks just like the modern glass Coca-Cola bottles that one can still buy today. Given this was sold as ...
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Brown “Blue Willow” vintage dish (no maker’s mark): 23,700 +/- 600 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF Instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings:
Food-surface of the dish
60-second test:
Lead (Pb): 23,700 +/- 600 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 6 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 7,667 +/- 508 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 95 +/- 46 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 3,600 +/- 130 ppm ...
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Red “Blue Willow” Willow Ware by Royal China dish: 18,400 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF Instrument this dish had the following readings:
On the food surface of the dish:
60-second test
Lead (Pb): 18,400 +/- 500 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 16 +/- 7 ppm
Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 43 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 131 +/- 45 ppm
Tin (Sn): 494 +/- 26 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 329 +/- ...
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Tonquin Royal Staffordshire Dinnerware (with brown floral pattern) by Clarice Cliff: 48,100 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids).
XRF test results for the dish (Made in England) pictured:
60-second test
Lead (Pb): 48,100 +/- 1,400 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 5,335 +/- 183 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,752 +/- 196 ppm
No other metals detected.
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Ovenproof “Stetson Creation” vintage bowl w/ “hand painted underglaze”: 57,500 ppm Lead on the food surface. 90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.
When tested with an XRF Instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings:
Food surface of the bowl
60-second reading:
Lead (Pb): 57,500 +/- 1,700 ppm
Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 56 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 1,420 +/- 56 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 539 +/- 86 ppm
Cobalt (Co): 201 +/- 80 ppm ...
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