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).
Published: September 3, 2023 — Sunday
Hello, Lead Safe Mama friends (and friends of Lead Safe Mama friends, too!). Here’s a list of some of my favorite Lead-free things, which I love and use daily at home!
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1.) Lead-free laundry hamper:
https://amzn.to/3sxuNLs
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2.) Lead-free bread box (vintage bread boxes — and laundry hampers too! — can have Lead, so if you have a vintage one, upgrading would be a good idea!):
https://amzn.to/45ULNK3
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3.) My favorite Lead-free mugs to use at home:
https://amzn.to/45XhVgm
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4.) My favorite Lead-free cutting board (cutting boards with metal components can have Lead, so please consider avoiding those!):
https://amzn.to/44DNWZI
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5.) My favorite reusable Lead-free travel cup for coffee:
https://amzn.to/3Z3JBhd
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6.) My favorite Lead-free water bottles for my kids:
https://amzn.to/3sFPDsj
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7.) My favorite Lead-free juice pitcher:
https://amzn.to/3P4qDCj
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8.) My favorite Lead-free measuring cup/citrus juicer:
https://amzn.to/3Pn8hOl
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9.) My favorite Lead-free clips (I use these all over my house to hang up things like keys, pot holders, eyeglasses, etc.):
https://amzn.to/45UCNob
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10.) My favorite Lead-free compost bin:
https://amzn.to/3sGMLvi
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11.) My favorite Lead-free drinking glasses:
https://amzn.to/45Bl19I
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12.) Some of my favorite Lead-free food storage containers:
https://amzn.to/45Bdubc
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13.) The Lead-free “upgrade” attachment set I bought for my KitchenAid mixer (to replace the Lead-contaminated cast-aluminum one that came with the mixer!):
https://amzn.to/3R1opq8
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All links above are Amazon affiliate links.
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14.) Here is a direct affiliate link for my favorite Lead-free pots and pans — they also have a 30% off sale for Lead Safe Mama readers (with the code: LEADFREEMAMA ). When anyone makes a purchase through one of our links, this company also contributes 10% of what you spend in support of the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Consumer Goods Safety Advocacy Work Lead Safe Mama, LLC heads: https://shrsl.com/3gaf6
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15.) Here’s an affiliate link for the current Naturepedic Organic Mattress Sale. I invited them to sponsor our work after I chose their mattresses for my family. Naturepedic contributes 15% of what you spend back to Lead Safe Mama, LLC in support of our programs if you start with one of our links, and they currently have a 20% off sale for Labor Day (use code Labor20 at checkout!) https://shrsl.com/474ml
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If you want to check out more of the Lead-free stuff that I have and use in my kitchen every day, here is a link with a video tour of my kitchen and a list of the things you see in that video: https://tamararubin.com/2022/03/join-me-for-a-tour-of-my-kitchen-and-check-out-all-the-lead-free-things-i-have-there/
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Here’s another article with a list of all of the Lead-free things I bought for my son when he left and needed help setting up his college apartment:
https://tamararubin.com/2020/09/after-a-bit-of-online-schooling-from-the-road-a-j-is-moved-in-heres-a-list-of-things-i-have-bought-so-far-to-set-my-son-up-in-his-new-college-apartment-in-boston/
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If you want a link to the mattresses my family uses in our home,
here is one with my exact mattress:
https://tamararubin.com/2022/08/my-bedroom-this-is-the-organic-naturepedic-mattresses-that-my-husband-and-i-sleep-on-every-night-details-and-discount-code-in-post/
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Here’s a link that has my youngest son’s mattress:
https://tamararubin.com/2022/08/heres-the-organic-naturepedic-mattress-that-my-14-year-old-son-sleeps-on-every-night-details-and-15-discount-code-in-post-too/
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Thank you for checking out these links and for sharing about our work. If you want to learn more about which products have unsafe levels of Lead (or other heavy metals), I recommend starting your inquiry by checking out the Lead Safe Mama website menu. Here’s that link: https://tamararubin.com/website-menu/
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I share about these Lead-free choices specifically at the request of Lead Safe Mama readers. We have paid to promote this article to ensure more people see these options. For many of the options listed on Amazon, you can likely find the same items in your local brick-and-mortar stores (sometimes at better prices!). So, it is worth keeping this list (and our other shopping lists) handy when you do your local shopping (at Target or Walmart or similar!). Here’s a link to more lists of Lead-free choices on the Lead Safe Mama website: https://tamararubin.com/category/2023-amazon-picks/.
The Bormioli Rocco glass pitcher is great! I bought one through clicking on the link. Thanks as always for the amazing good you do.
Thank you for commenting! We love ours – we mostly use it for iced herbal tea for my youngest.
T
Thank you for all you do. I enjoy your articles. I just read your email about cutting boards. I use nice cutting boards on my kitchen counters because they’re so ugly lol. My step grandpa built this house about 90 years ago. The countertops haven’t been updated in years. I didn’t know you were using yours for that reason. It brought a smile to my face and I thought I’m not the only one.
Thank you for commenting! 🙂
https://www.carawayhome.com/products/small-storage-container?color=cream
Tamara,
Could you check this out?
What about Coolina knives? I have several and now concerned they may have harmful metals after spendi g a couple hour reading all the great info you have. Also what silverware, mixing bowls, and kitchen tools like garlic press, measuring spoons etc do you recommend? I have thousands of dollars of kitchen cookware such as dutch ovens, Pyrex bakeware, dishes, glasses, mugs, electric skillets, crackpots, pans, skillets, mixing bowls, serving bowls, travel mugs, ingredient containers, food storage containers, and much much more I now have to get rid of and replace.
Hi, what about the white keepCup print at the bottom of the cup? Does that contain any questionable ingredients? I tried to search for it on your site but its not coming up
It is lead-free paint.
Hi, on the bread box do you recommend the acacia wood or bamboo?
We purchased the bamboo one – and I line the shelves with a mat, that is easily removable and cleanable. Here’s the link for that (the plain / unfinished ones): https://amzn.to/3AAY6Ry
Tamara
Hello! I appreciate all of your amazing work. I read in one post that you would never buy lodge but in another post you have lodge cupcake pans as a recommendation of lead free kitchen items to buy. I’m confused. Do you like consider lodge to be lead free or not?
Many thanks!!
Ruchi