Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (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. Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023.
February 6, 2023 – Monday
Hello.
As an update to report number 20230128-D3DF9-2147351113 (regarding Lead Contamination in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachments Marketed for Use By Children, as a possible CPSIA violation) I wanted to submit the following information in support of this report.
Second – below are all five of the related advertising images from just one KitchenAid Social Media Campaign asserting/implying/stating/demonstrating that these Lead-contaminated products are intended (by the Manufacturer) to be used by children (and safe for use by children) – in which KitchenAid markets/advertises/expressly encourages that these Lead contaminated products can be/ should be used by even the youngest children and in which KitchenAid shows young children using their Lead-contaminated products (products with Lead levels that exceed the CPSIA substrate limit of 100 ppm Lead in the substrate of items intended for use by children – products typically testing positive for Lead [using XRF technology] at 300 to 2000 ppm in the substrate).
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Even if the children themselves aren’t using the appliance, it’s still being used with the intent to prepare food for children and coming into contact with their food. Does that fall under the legal terms of “intended for use by children” ? I sure hope so!
Does this also apply to the separate set of “stainless steel” attachments you can buy? Unfortunately I own a kitchen aid stand mixer but opted for the glass bowl option and immediately bought the stainless steel attachments… but no longer trust the brand…
yes i would like to know this. also if KA is not safe, what brands are?
Is the bowl that comes with the mixer lead free? I think it’s stainless steel. Thank you!
The Stainless Steel bowl is Lead-free.
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I just called today and they said that the rumors are false and their attachments do not contain lead and they WILL NOT be replacing them. No recall is available either. So frustrating! The lady went on for 5 minutes. I let her talk and then she offered me a 10% discount. Ya right!
What about the Kitchen Aid glass bowl is that lead free?
If it does not have any painted markings it is Lead-free.
Been fighting with Kitchen Aid who, depending on which rep answers the phone when I call, can’t even agree on whether or not stainless accessories even EXIST for my model. And of course they insist the parts are all safe and the accusations of unsafety have “been proved false.” I finally told the latest woman that we could agree to disagree, but at the very least I didn’t want to feed my family bread WITH PAINT CHIPS IN IT! My dough hook started chipping during the first week. I saved up for that mixer and paid over $600 on sale. They ultimately ended our call by trying to sell me three replacement accessories for a price “at 20% off” which would have added up to $108. I told them I would sooner pay for off-brand accessories which they recommended against. UGH.