I made it to the front page of Snopes again (for the 4th time!) and the article is about ME and MY WORK, not about something I tested (#LOL)

Because really no one should BOTHER actually reading Snopes (in the past they have both tried to discredit my findings [vintage Pyrex] AND used my findings as a source to prove something is true [Walmart jelly shoes, fidget spinners]), below is an “info-graphic” I made with the highlights of the article… and even though the article is still “yellow journalism” and makes an attempt to discredit me both by not mentioning relevant facts or information as well as mentioning totally irrelevant “facts” and information, it’s still pretty cool that it starts out with the following sentence:

“A frequently recurring item in Snopes’ inbox is the question “is this true?” combined with a link to a post by Tamara Rubin, the self-described “Lead Safe Mama.” Rubin has made a career out of testing household items for lead with the aim of raising awareness that lead exists in a variety of products which children, who are more prone to the effects of lead poisoning, could potentially come into contact with. Such items often include vintage cookware or toys created before the implementation of stronger lead regulations, as well as other household products.”

DUDE! Questions about my work are “a frequently recurring item in Snopes’ inbox” — LOL! That’s cool all by itself.

For this info-graphic, I chose a selection of photos that Snopes COULD have used as the highlighted image for its post, but instead Snopes used an unflattering screenshot from Vimeo… (because a picture of an ugly old woman better illustrates the attempts to discredit me — even though in the end, this article fully validates my work — LOL)!

Tamara Rubin,
That woman who allegedly goes by the self-described moniker “#LeadSafeMama”

Here’s an actual screenshot of the front page (more to come on this subject shortly):

For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website:

Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).

• Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a unique community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
• Since 2009, Tamara has been conducting XRF testing (a scientific testing method) using the exact instrumentation employed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals — including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic).
• Since July of 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for 5 product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
• All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
• Items that Lead Safe Mama, LLC reports on are tested multiple times to confirm the results published (for each component tested).
• Recent notable press… There has been too much to mention already in 2024! Please check out our press page to see some of the amazing coverage of our work so far this year!