![WHY IS THIS NOT ILLEGAL?! Jervis & George glass sippy cup jar: 6,422 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 88 Cadmium.](https://i0.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Jervis-and-George-Lead-Painted-Baby-Drinking-Jar-Lead-Safe-Mama-5.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "WHY IS THIS NOT ILLEGAL?! Jervis & George glass sippy cup jar: 6,422 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 88 Cadmium.")
![KitchenAid Mixer Attachments, c. 2014: as high as 2,434 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.]](https://i2.wp.com/tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/KichenAid4.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1 "KitchenAid Mixer Attachments, c. 2014: as high as 2,434 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.]")
Wait. What?
Your third baby was poisoned too?
Tamara, you never talk about that!
The tiny human in the picture above (born just 5 lbs 10 ounces) is now almost 130 lbs and 5' 6" inches tall! (And he's just 11 years old today!)He was my smallest baby - and we had a very difficult pregnancy ...
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It’s Amazon Prime Day… so….Here’s an affiliate link you can click to support my advocacy work with your shopping.
Ok I cave! [I was really trying not to participate in the shopping frenzy that is "Prime Day"!]
Below is my Amazon affiliate link to get an Instant Pot super cheap on Prime Day! Just $55.99 - as of the time I posted it — and it is among the lowest-Lead pressure cooker-type appliances that I have ...
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WHY IS THIS NOT ILLEGAL?! Jervis & George glass sippy cup jar: 6,422 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 88 Cadmium.
When testing the "Jervis & George" brand reusable glass jar (with yellow sippy cup top) pictured here, all of the white painted markings on the outside of the glass were positive for unsafe levels of Lead (high Lead-content paint — with levels consistently above 6,000 ppm Lead). This is ...
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Star Wars Storm Trooper ceramic mug (Dollar Store find): 605 ppm Lead [90 is considered unsafe for kids’ items]
When tested with an XRF instrument, the mug pictured here had the following readings:Black Glazed Areas:Lead (Pb): 481 +/- 32 ppm
Barium (Ba): 317 +/- 52 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 3,157 +/- 142 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 834 +/- 108 ppm
Iron (Fe): 4,477 +/- 319 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 59 +/- 16 ppm ...
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Do you know where the “Mad Hatter” got his name? Here’s a clue – vintage felt hat: 3,844 ppm MERCURY! [100 is unsafe]
I have long known the vintage and antique felt hats were (historically) made with unsafe levels of Mercury (as part of the felting process for the wool as I understand it), but I had never personally tested a vintage felt hat and found it to be positive for high levels of Mercury — until ...
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A #LeadSafeMama Financial Update: July 14, 2019 – Testing, Projects, Legal Battles
Sunday, July 14, 2019Hello all!Seeing as how my readers have been critical players in supporting my work during a difficult 3+ years, it's time for an update on the progress of various things - including a variety of exciting news to share!#1, my legal battle:
Thank you so much to ...
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#SiteStats: July 2019 is on track to become #LeadSafeMama’s second best #BestMonthEver!
.... this is second only to #TupperwareGate2019 in March of this year with over 1,300,000 unique views in one month!
Thanks everyone for sharing my posts! I really appreciate it.
...& BTW this is incredibly odd, July is generally one of the SLOWEST months for my advocacy work! ...
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Someone is about to win a set of Kleynimals toy keys for a little person in their life! And the winner is…
Lead Safe Mama just passed 24,250 "likes" on Facebook — and to celebrate reaching this milestone we are giving away one set of Kleynimals' toy keys to a lucky person chosen at random from everyone who "follows" and "likes" Lead Safe Mama on Facebook!
And the winner is: Angela ...
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Fun Facts: Yesterday July 2019 moved in to #LeadSafeMama’s 11th top month ever spot, and this morning it just popped up two notches into 9th place!
Click the image to see the graph full size!
Thanks for being here everyone! We're on a roll!!!! [Big time!]Thanks for sharing this information with people in your families and communities. Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama ...
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Still in search of a Lead-free purple mug! Miniso 2019 Simple Ceramic Mug: 99 ppm Lead #LeadSafe! (Almost there!)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this newly-purchased (2019) Miniso simple ceramic mug (in "fashionable" purple) had the following readings:Purple exterior glaze:Lead (Pb): 99 +/- 22 ppm
Barium (Ba): 1,056 +/ 92 ppm
TIn (Sn): 903 +/- 49 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 5,914 +/- 251 ppm ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 25,800 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 25,800 +/- 1,000 ppm
Barium (Ba): 538 +/- 130 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Antimony (Sb), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg) and ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 28,500 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:Lead (Pb): 28,500 +/- 900 ppm
Barium (Ba): 700 +/- 115 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), Antimony (Sb) and ...
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