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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Your kids can enter an art contest in AUSTRALIA this week (and they may just win a prize!) Please click through for details.
Link to enter: https://volcanoartprize.com
The Volcano Art Prize
With Lead Safe World - out of Australia
a project of Australia's L.E.A.D. Group!
This is a SUPERFUN STAY-AT-HOME-YET-IMPACT-THE-WORLD ACTIVITY for you and your kids to participate in today (or anytime in the next week!) The ...
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A Lead Safe Mama update and a request, as we head in to August…
Hey friends! I showed this graph (the first image) to my son Avi and he said "Mom! Your website is recovering!" (He's such a smart kid!)-This month has been so busy. Unfortunately, it's been busy mostly because I have been helping families nonstop -families with newly diagnosed cases of ...
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This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like on a stainless steel water bottle. Please read the full post if you have questions.
Leaded Sealing Dots
This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like (on the bottom of a stainless steel water bottle).Continue reading below the image.The image below is what these Leaded sealing dots look like on stainless steel water bottles when covered with the factory paint or ...
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XRF test results for wedding ring set: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free. Trace Cadmium (safe by all standards).
Ring one - with bent metal band - images above:
#1.) Test on the bandCadmium (Cd): 40 +/- 8 ppm
Silver (Ag): 47 +/- 7 ppm
Gold (Au): 28,700 +/- 1,000 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 14,300 +/- 400 ppm
Copper (Cu): 54,900 +/- 1,200 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 20,400 +/- 600 ppm
Indium (In): 31 +/- 11 ...
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Red Waechtersbach German Nesting Bowl: 107,500 ppm Lead + 20,600 ppm Cadmium. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.
Red Waechtersbach Nesting Bowl purchased at Good Will (in 2020) for $1.99.
Made in GermanyTo see more pieces by Waechtersbach that I have tested, click here.
When tested with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here the following readings:Lead (Pb): 107,500 ...
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Custom dental appliance: non-detect (negative) for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium & Antimony.
Custom Dental Appliance
Below are the XRF Test results for the custom dental appliance pictured here. Please scroll down through all of the images below as well. Each component was tested for a minimum of 60 seconds with the results reported below. Tests were repeated multiple times on each ...
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1902 Keystone View Company Antique Stereoview Image Card: 1,991 ppm Lead + 204 ppm Arsenic.
From the following website (link):
"The Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 by B. L. Singley in Meadville, Pennsylvania. This might not sound like an auspicious location, far from the photographic centers of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and originally the operation did indeed have a ...
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Vintage (c. 1990s) Rubbermaid plastic container with yellow lid: 577 ppm Lead + 27 ppm Cadmium + 76 ppm Arsenic.
When tested with an XRF Instrument the Rubbermaid container pictured here had the following readings (scroll down for additional image of this food storage bowl):
In the yellow component of the lid:Lead (Pb): 577 +/- 32 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 14 ppm
Arsenic (As): 76 +/- 24 ppm ...
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Faux 1922 Peace silver dollar with skeleton head: 1,639 ppm Arsenic. Please don’t use collectable coins as fidgets.
Faux 1922 Peace Coin with Skeletonized Lady Liberty
When tested with an XRF Instrument in consumer goods mode, the collectable coin pictured here had the following readings:Arsenic (As): 1,639 +/- 183 ppm
Selenium (Se): 15,400 +/- 900 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 297,200 +/- 3,300 ppm
Copper (Cu): ...
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California rubberized magnet: 67,300 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe. Magnets are not considered to be toys.
Refrigerator magnets should not be considered to be toys unless they are sold as toys (& clearly marked that they are meant to be used by children.)
When tested with an XRF Instrument this (Made in USA) California map magnet had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 67,300 +/- 5,200 ppm ...
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Washington State rubberized magnet: 9,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids. Magnets are not considered to be children’s items.
Refrigerator magnets should not be considered to be toys unless they are sold as toys (& clearly marked that they are meant to be used by children.)
When tested with an XRF Instrument this (Made in USA) map magnet had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 9,180 +/- 783 ppm
Arsenic (As): ...
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July 2020 just made it to 5th place on the list of #BestMonthsEver on LeadSafeMama.com! Thanks everyone.
Following up on my posts over the past couple of days...
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New York Times Article Today – July 29, 2020 (reconfirming the main concept guiding my advocacy work for the past 12+ years.)
1 in 3 children are Lead poisoned.
First I would like you to read a Facebook post I wrote awhile back —
a little over EIGHT YEARS AGO:1 in 3 kids...
While the Facebook post in the image above is from 2012, it was actually back in 2008 that I started sharing the fact that my ...
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Vintage faux-antique coin from Greece: 542,300 ppm Lead [54%] + 2,144 Cadmium + 2,705 Antimony. Bad news all around.
Faux-Antique Greek Coin
The owner of this coin told me she got it at a shop in Greece. She said there was a bowl of them at the shop and the owner of the shop was giving them away to patrons of his shop as a souvenir.Souvenirs like this are especially concerning as the owner is likely to use it ...
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