Moogco Sterling Silver Protective Nursing Cups: very pure Silver (938,000 ppm Silver!) Did you know that historically these were made of LEAD?!

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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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Friday — December 3, 2021

Given the problematic history with metal nipple shields, these findings were a huge relief!

I first heard about metal nipple shields a few years ago when someone shared with me that they used to make them out of LEAD! I was so surprised that these had ever even existed (more than two decades into being a parent, I had not yet heard of them!) and have (since then) wanted to find a set (of the antique Leaded ones) for my “Museum of Lead” collection. Here’s a screenshot about them below (you can click the image to see the original article — continue reading below the image):

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Fast forward to the modern age…

Then a friend (whose baby turned one year old tonight!) asked me if I had tested the modern version of these metal nipple shields. I was equally surprised to learn that a modern version existed (I didn’t know this was a thing — even after 14-1/2 years of lactating and nursing babies, I had used silicone ones with two of my four babies , who had trouble latching at first). Being me, I was skeptical that these modern nipple shields would actually turn out to in fact be 925 Silver, as claimed, but they are!

Not only are they Sterling Silver — meeting the strict requirement that they must be at least 925,000 ppm Silver to be labeled “925 Sterling” in modern products (which is why they are stamped “925”), but the Silver level was generously higher than the “925” minimum standard — coming in at 938,700 ppm!

Here’s an Amazon affiliate link for these nipple shields
https://amzn.to/3xSppkO.

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Below is the full XRF readings set for the Sterling Silver nipple shields by Moogco Silver (pictured in this article). I was also thrilled to see this is a relatively local company (from Washington State — because of course they are!).

120-second XRF reading

• Lead (Pb): non-detect
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Copper (Cu): 53,500 +/- 300 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 938,700 +/- 1,100 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 6,985 +/- 242 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 110 +/- 60 ppm
• No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

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While I have your attention (to all the new moms reading this article)…
Beware of Lead-painted modern baby bottles! (Yes, you read that correctly)

Since I have your attention (and since you — as probable new moms — are the target demographic for this information), I also wanted to take a moment to share with you about another relevant subject for new moms. This is a sore spot for me (not sore nipples, but a sore psyche!) — something I am so angry about — because this is so absurdly, dreadfully wrong, and has not yet gotten the broad attention it urgently warrants (and I would really appreciate it if you would share the following information with other new moms in your circles!) … and here we go:

Did you know that TODAY — in 2021 — you can buy LEAD-PAINTED glass baby bottles made by major brands, like NUK?! Mothers buy glass NUK bottles assuming they are a safer choice for their babies. In June, a Lead Safe Mama reader purchased a bunch of these bottles with Lead-painted markings and had them sent to me. I still have more to test and to write about, but I wrote an overview article about the subject — here, at this link — and I would truly appreciate it if you would take a moment to read that (then share the link on your social media pages, in your parenting groups, too, so others can be made aware). Thank you for taking the time.

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As always, thank you for reading and sharing these articles. Please let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them personally as soon as I have a moment.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Owner
Lead Safe Mama, LLC

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