This is a summary with links to all our articles related to the 4th of July!

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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).

Introduction

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And without further ado… our Fourth-Of-July-related pieces (each numbered line below is a link to an article with photos and more information, including — in most pieces discussing a specific item — XRF test results for the item discussed):

1. Tips for a Lead-Safe Fourth Of July
2. Concerned that your child may have inhaled fireworks fumes / smoke? Click here.
3. Lead in Pop-Its
4. The Fourth Of July Category of Posts and Articles on this website

As always, thank you for reading.

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

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama