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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).
- Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
- Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (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).
- Tamara’s work was featured in Consumer Reports Magazine in February of 2023 (March 2023 print edition) and The Guardian in November of 2023.
Friday
January 05, 2024
I just want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the Lead Safe Mama community members who have been helping answer questions in the past couple of days. With so much activity on social media, the website, and via my email, I cannot possibly answer all of the questions myself (although I try — but I do need to take breaks to take care of the kids every now and then!).
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I couldn’t do this without YOU. YOU are an important part of this community.
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For those who are new here:
- While Lead Safe Mama, LLC IS a woman-owned small business (based in Portland, Oregon), “Lead Safe Mama” (“Lead Safe Humans”/ “Lead Safe People”) — the concept — is not a PERSON or a BUSINESS but a MOVEMENT for childhood Lead-poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety. You are part of that movement now, too.
- Also: There are nearly 4,000 posts and articles on the LeadSafeMama.com website with MORE information about EVERYTHING (consumer goods safety, Lead poisoning, cadmium toxicity, symptoms… so many things). PLEASE start going down this “rabbit hole” by checking out the WEBSITE MENU, which is the link in the bio on Lead Safe Mama’s social media OR you can find it by clicking the big pink button at the top of every page on the website!
- There are links to several different home test kits at the top of the menu now, too (although PLEASE NOTE: Most home test kits do not work on most consumer goods)!
- I have also done my best to REMOVE ADVERTISEMENTS from many of the more widely-read posts and articles to help make them easier to read.
- We were founded Jan. 5, 2018! (TODAY is Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s “official” 6th anniversary as a business!), we are not quite covering the costs of the work we do here at Lead Safe Mama, LLC (although we expect 2024 to be our breakthrough year)! This is especially the case since we have been removing advertising (a signifcant source of our income) from so many of our posts and articles (because our readership has requested this and we always do our best to honor your requests!). As a result, financial contributions in support of this work are also (always!) welcome (there is a link to contribute near the top of many of the more widely read articles as well). (We are working to cover a projected operating shortfall for January 2024 of about $4,600.)
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Thanks for being here.
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Thanks for being patient with each other.
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Thanks for being kind.
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Thanks for relying on science.
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Thanks for helping work toward a world where humans are no longer exposed to Lead in their kitchens, their homes, their schools, or in their communities.
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Website Menu Link:
https://tamararubin.com/website-menu/
All the ways you can help
(whether simply supporting the work,
or contributing financially):
- NO COST TO YOU:
- Share posts and articles from the Lead Safe Mama website on your social media channels this holiday season. Even with removing ads from our top posts and articles, income earned from advertising on the website during the holiday season (through January) has the possibility of earning us 4x the regular amount (4 pennies per page view vs. the more typical one penny per page view).
- Before you start any Amazon shopping you are doing, click on a Lead Safe Mama affiliate link (here’s one of those Lead Safe Mama, LLC affiliate links). In this way, we may earn a percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you. You DO NOT have to buy anything we link to for us to receive a percentage of what you spend!
- Before you start any shopping with Naturepedic or Solidteknics, click on one of our affiliate links and we will receive a percentage of what you spend (15% or 10% contributed back in support of our work, respectively) at no extra cost to you.
- Ways You Can Send $$$… Again, any amount helps. (Please note: Lead Safe Mama, LLC is NOT a nonprofit, so contributions are NOT tax-deductible — just made in support of a good cause, and deeply–appreciated!)
- GoFundMe: http://www.GoFundMe.com/LeadSafeMama
- Venmo: @TamaraERubin (confirm digits: 3182)
- Zelle: 503-702-2708 (Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s Bank of America account)
- PayPal: Lead Safe Mama, LLC (@LeadSafeMama) — PayPal email: Tamara Rubin @ Mac dot com
- All income received through any of these sources is reported as business income to Lead Safe Mama, LLC.
- Hire Tamara! (You could pay now for an event or consultation in 2024 to help us reach our goals.)
- Hire Tamara for a one-on-one home consultation. More on that here.
- Hire Tamara for a zoom consultation. More on that here.
- Hire Tamara for a community outreach or corporate event. More on that here.
- Hire Tamara for corporate consulting or to help with a legal case or legal initiative. More on that here.
- Become a Corporate Sponsor of Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work!
- We have a few corporate sponsorship options and — if you have a business that might benefit from working with us — we would love to discuss these opportunities with you.
- Our Newsletter Sponsorship has one slot remaining — you can learn more about that here.
- Our Website Advertising Sponsorship has three (side-bar) slots remaining — you can learn more about that here!
- Thanks for considering these opportunities!
- Short Term Loan! (This would support the consolidating of some of the debt related to our Federal Civil Rights legal case — more about that here.)
- If possible, a short-term loan (about one year) of any amount between $20,000 and $75,000 would help Lead Safe Mama, LLC consolidate some of the more important debt related to our Federal Civil Rights legal case.
- If someone were to make a loan in this range to Lead Safe Mama, LLC, we would use the funds to pay off several of the smaller interest-free loans that friends and readers made to help cover the costs of our legal battle. In that way, we would no longer have an obligation to a handful of very generous people who have been incredibly patient over the past 7+ years while waiting for this to resolve!
- Given recent earnings of Lead Safe Mama, LLC (specifically earnings due to increased readership on this website), we anticipate we would be able to pay off any loans of this type in 12 to 18 months or less; we would also be happy to pay some amount of (reasonable, low) interest (as that is required [officially] when a loan is made to a business).
- Please contact me personally at Tamara Rubin @ Mac dot com if this is something you might be able to help with.
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