Lead poisoning is political (in every sense of the word)

    

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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 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!

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Saturday — September 2, 2023

In response to some of the comments on the Lead Safe Mama Instagram page tonight:

Many words in the English language have multiple meanings and nuances. “Politics” may be used in a sentence that has nothing to do with “political parties” or “formalized government.” “Politics” can be used when referencing a corporation’s policies and actions concerning the health and well-being of the humans who use the products made by that corporation (see image: Aristotle — “public matters … of citizens”). 
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In this sense, Corelle (now owned by Instant Brands) has TERRIBLE, UNETHICAL corporate politics — evidenced by their focus on making false (and spin-doctored) public statements with the sole intention of covering their ass/ making them look good/ deflecting potential liability for poisoning generations of families around the world. That’s bad corporate POLITICS. 

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PLEASE — <some people> — PLEASE read more carefully. Take a moment to understand the words that are written. I am NOT interested in discussing *YOUR* “politics” (in the party-affiliation sense)… I DO care when *corporate* politics (lack of ethical and honest behavior in ruthless pursuit of maximizing their bottom line — at the expense of the health and well-being of their customers) creates a situation that causes physical harm.
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And BTW, Lead poisoning IS “political” — a truly “pan-partisan” issue. Lead is an equal-opportunity threat — to ALL people, everywhere.
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If you are here because you “just want non-toxic dishes,” THAT tiny act is a POLITICAL choice. YOU are choosing to take a stand for the health and well-being of your family over the interest and profits of corporations. If you have ANY questions about this, watch my film (linked here).