Hey Tamara, what are your thoughts on this Lead-in-baby-food issue?

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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). All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times to confirm the test results for each component tested. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition).

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Posted on Instagram just now and updated a bit!

• I am a mother of Lead-poisoned children.
• My 16-year-old son was acutely Lead poisoned when he was just 7 months old and has a diagnosed brain injury as a result of his Lead poisoning.
• I have dedicated my life to this issue since his poisoning.
• Please read my article (linked below) to help you understand some of the politics and B.S. behind the current news (about Lead in baby food) and for a list of suggestions to help you get through this time with a well-fed baby.
• I have been a low-income mother.
• I have been a single mother.
• I have been a median income mother.
• I have been a married mother.
• I have been a mother of one child.
• I have been a young mother.
• I have been an old mother.
• I am now a mother of four children.
• We have experienced more than our fair share of food scarcity.
• So I know this topic — feeding children healthy choices (while also trying to keep your family afloat) — is not without challenges.
• Three of my children have disabilities from their Lead exposure.
• Two have significant disabilities that make being in the world difficult for them each and every day.
• I implore you, if you read just ONE commentary on the news this week, please read mine.
• I am SICK as F that bloggers who know NOTHING about LEAD or LEAD POISONING or LIVING WITH a LEAD-POISONED CHILD or BEING A PARENT OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES are being dismissive of this concern and acting like the media is FEAR MONGERING around this.
• This concern is REAL.
• This concern has REAL IMPACTS.
• I live it every day.
• YOU can protect your babies NOW if you give this news the attention it deserves.
• We can demand change, too — we can shift corporate accountability on this matter — but each one of the bloggers out there talking about how it is not a big deal is COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS to the TRUTH when it comes to the impact of childhood Lead exposure and they are therefore DAMAGING our chances at this progress (with every person they bring over to their side by convincing them this is not an issue of concern).

Please follow me here on Instagram and sign up for the Lead Safe Mama website newsletter to learn more about protecting YOUR children from Lead. Start by clicking on the article I wrote (in the profile of my Instagram page today) about the truth behind the issue of toxic baby food. Also, please watch my feature film on the subject. You can find the film at LEAD SAFE MAMA on YouTube, titled MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic.

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