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 July of 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for five product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
- All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
- Please check out our press page to see some of the amazing coverage of our work so far this year!
#1.) On the gray of the blade
60-second tests were repeated multiple times to confirm results:
#1.) On the gray of the blade- Lead (Pb): 82 +/- 5 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 261 +/- 116 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 2,173 +/- 305 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 572 +/- 75 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 5,620 +/- 111 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 79 +/- 25 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 1,107 +/- 29 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 1,235 +/- 26 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 53,200 +/- 900 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 39 +/- 3ppm
- Barium (Ba): 177 +/- 13 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 118 +/- 15 ppm
#2.) On the peg at the end — Stainless Steel 304
- Chromium (Cr): 174,200 +/- 600 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,203 +/- 148 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 18,900 +/- 500 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 716,400 +/- 1,000 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 86,100 +/- 700 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 1,495 +/- 127 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 97 +/- 33 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 1,158 +/- 54 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 47 +/- 14 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 91 +/- 50 ppm
#3.) On the snap lock component on the peg
- Also Stainless Steel 304
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