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).
Check out the following links for more information:
Write up of our work in Consumer Reports Magazine (2023 article): https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/the-power-of-citizen-science-a1450367401/
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Change dot org petition demanding action by Tupperware (currently 2,256 signatures at time of publishing this): https://www.change.org/p/tupperware-corporate-tupperware-respond-re-leadsafemama-s-findings-of-lead-arsenic-in-your-vintage-products
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Article regarding ORANGE CUP:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/03/another-vintage-tupperware-example-orange-bowl-with-lid-3380-ppm-cadmium-935-ppm-mercury-both-are-poisons-for-humans-3/
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Article regarding YELLOW MEASURING CUPS:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/12/stop-using-your-vintage-tupperware-now-these-measuring-cups-are-positive-for-2103-ppm-lead-250-ppm-arsenic/
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Article regarding YELLOW CUP:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/05/another-vintage-tupperware-product-to-avoid-a-childs-cup-876-ppm-lead-331-ppm-cadmium-87-ppm-arsenic/
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Article regarding ORANGE LEMONADE PITCHER:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/05/want-some-poison-with-your-lemonade-vintage-orange-tupperware-skinny-juice-pitcher-18-ppm-lead-225-ppm-cadmium-30-ppm-mercury/
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Article regarding ORANGE MICROWAVABLE BOWL:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/12/another-vintage-tupperware-example-orange-bowl-with-lid-3380-ppm-cadmium-935-ppm-mercury-both-are-poisons-for-humans/
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Article regarding YELLOW CAKE FROSTER:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/05/another-vintage-plastic-kitchenware-piece-you-may-want-to-think-twice-before-using-yellow-tupperware-cake-decorator-1283-ppm-lead-90-is-toxic-for-kids-135-ppm-arsenic/
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Here’s the full category of Tupperware posts and articles on the Lead Safe Mama, LLC website: https://tamararubin.com/category/vintage-tupperware/
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Here’s the menu for our website if you want to explore the published test results for other brands of consumer goods:
https://tamararubin.com/website-menu/
Frightening, I had many of those Tupperware products. My children ate on them almost daily. Makes me wonder if this kind of toxicity can be passed down genetically. I have a grandson with severe, non verbal autism. He never ate from this plates or cups but his mother did.
Also, how about all the opaque Tupperware sold as pantry storage.