“Official” images of the Lead Safe Mama, LLC New York City Subway PSA Campaign (June 14, 2023)

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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 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!

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June 14, 2023 — Wednesday

Hello all! I am excited to share some of the “official” images (taken by the Ad agency with the NYC Subway) of the Lead Safe Mama, LLC New York City Subway PSA Campaign for Consumer Goods Safety! Please scroll down to check out all eight of the images below. If you are new here, the links below have more information specifically about the PSA campaign, as well as some additional links with background info. As of 6/7/2023, a total of 2,037 Lead Safe Mama PSA panels have been installed in subway cars throughout New York City!

The pieces related to this campaign include:

1. Lead-painted short baby bottles
2. Lead-painted tall baby bottles
3. Dishes with high-Lead glaze
4. Lead-painted cartoon character (collectible) glassware
5. Press inquiries page
6. Test results for all items pictured in the campaign
7. Article with in-depth discussion as to why we have decided to undertake this as a PSA Campaign with printed panels in the NYC Subway
8. Upcoming NYC PSAs we would like to do (along with our funding needs to continue and expand this project)

Additional links

• Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s “About” Page
• Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s Business Model
• How YOU can participate in and support the work of the Lead Safe Mama community
• The documentary feature film on childhood Lead poisoning, directed and produced by Tamara Rubin

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#1) Collectible Glassware Panel (image 1):

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#2) Short Glass Baby Bottles Panel:

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#3) Vintage Dishes Panel (image 1):

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#4) Tall Glass Baby Bottles Panel:

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#5) Collectible Glassware Panel (image 2):

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#6) Vintage Dishes Panel (image 2):

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#7) Collectible Glassware Panel (image 3):  

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#8) Collectible Glassware Panel (image 4):