Johnson Brothers China graphic to share with your friends and family (as we head into the holiday season!)

 

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For those looking for some safer (confirmed lead-free) dish options – here are a few (relatively inexpensive) choices to consider:

• Prices below are from April 4, 2024
• 18-piece service for 6: $53.57 (Made in USA) – https://amzn.to/43ieIYn
• 78-piece service for 12: $199.99 (Made in USA) – https://amzn.to/43aGEgV
• Set of 6 dinner plates: $38.74 (Made in France) – https://amzn.to/43aGUwp
• Set of 6 dinner plates: $17.49 (Made in Spain) – https://amzn.to/49pYhea
• You can also buy clear glass (unpainted, undecorated) dinner plates from the Dollar Store  – and they are typically also Lead-free.
• The white glass plates from Target are also Lead-free (test results here)
• The white glass plates from Ikea are also Lead-free (test results here)

Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking one of Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s affiliate links, we may receive a percentage of what you spend (at no extra cost to you).

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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 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 2009, Tamara has been conducting XRF testing (a scientific testing method) using the exact instrumentation employed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals — including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic).
• Since July of 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for 5 product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
• All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
• Items that Lead Safe Mama, LLC reports on are tested multiple times to confirm the results published (for each component tested).
• Recent notable press… There has been too much to mention already in 2024! Please check out our press page to see some of the amazing coverage of our work so far this year!