This is a summary with links to all of our articles related to citrus juicers (vintage and new!)

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For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals — including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic). Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February 2023 (March 2023 print edition).

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Introduction

For each article I write, there are category keyword tabs at the top of the page. Each of those words is a link to the category, and you can get to that category overview (to see all of the articles in that category) anytime, by clicking on any of those words. I am working on writing summary pieces for each category (like this one), so my readers will be able to see all the articles I’ve written for some of the more popular categories on the website, easily (at a glance). This is my first attempt at this, so feedback is welcome. Please let me know if these summary pieces are helpful. Thank you!

And without further ado… my citrus juicer related articles (each numbered line below is a link to a piece with photos and more information, including — in most articles — XRF test results for the item discussed):

Citrus juicer related items that I have tested & reported on:

1. c. 2014 Michael Graves orange painted hand juicer: 429 ppm Lead
2. Yellow painted hand juicer (year unknown): 658 ppm Lead
3. Bare metal Patron Tequila hand juicer (exact year unknown): 853 ppm Lead
4. c. 2017 green painted hand juicer: 1,744 ppm Lead
5. c. 2007 white painted Pampered Chef hand juicer: 552 ppm Lead
6. c. 2013 Orange painted hand juicer (year unknown): 2,104 ppm Lead
7. Vintage white painted metal stand juicer (year unknown): 2,254 ppm Lead
8. “Made in Mexico” bare metal hand juicer (year unknown): 415 ppm Lead
9. Amco Houseworks yellow painted hand juicer (year unknown): 181 ppm Lead

As always, thank you for reading.

Thank you for being here, and thank you for sharing this work!

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama