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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).
Tuesday — March 2, 2021
We have more than our fair share of wire shelving in our house. We always try to buy the more expensive (stronger/ more stable) version of these products whenever we can afford it. We also have bought them used at the local restaurant supply store (for a fraction of the price.) This is a set recently purchased because our kitchen is still demolished, with nowhere to put our stuff. I am generally not concerned about Lead in these wire shelving units. Aflink: https://amzn.to/3sEsAJ5. I also bought some shelf liners to go with this set: https://amzn.to/3q8nbZ1.
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The link for shelf liners doesn’t work.
oh thanks – I will fix!
Can you test these chrome finished shelves with your XRF? I want to buy these for my pantry, but the chrome?
Can we please have you test these Chrome Plated NSF Certified Steel Shelves. I too thought these were a safe option, but all of them come with the Prop 65 Warning for Lead Exposure. Is the Chrome Plating also unsafe?
I second this. Does the Quantum brand have some guarantee of being lead-free?