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!
Published: March 17, 2024
Full XRF test results for the WHSmith Gift Toppers pictured are below — but first, here are some button links to additional related articles:
XRF Test Results for new (2024 UK-Purchased) WHSmith Gift Topper Jingle Bells
Reading #1) Red Jingle Bell Gift Topper
180-Second Reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 665 +/- 75 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 2,759 +/- 176 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 995,200 +/- 700 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 490 +/- 168 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 618 +/- 101 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 230 +/- 52 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #2) Green Jingle Bell Gift Topper
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 411 +/- 114 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 3,713 +/- 311 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 994,000 +/- 1,200 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 528 +/- 292 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 1,345 +/- 213 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #3) Gold Jingle Bell Gift Topper
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): non-detect
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): 681 +/- 150 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 1,612 +/- 231 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 554,900 +/- 1,600 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 1,519 +/- 756 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 399,000 +/- 1,800 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 31,100 +/- 700 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 11,200 +/- 500 ppm
- No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.
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Tamara Rubin
Owner, Lead Safe Mama, LLC
#LeadSafeMama
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I have tried to unsubscribe from this confusing website , or newsletter or whatever you call it and I can’t find the unsubscribe link. That’s illegal! Please stop sending me emails! I am Unsubscribing!!
The unsubscribe link for the newsletter is at the bottom of every newsletter. If you have subscribed to the RSS feed there should also be an unsubscribe button at the bottom of any RSS notice you get. I will see if I can figure out where you are subscribed and unsubscribe you – but I think for the RSS you have to do it yourself.
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This is a bit reassuring, as people often let their children play with things that aren’t meant to be toys. It made me think about how many babies I’ve seen playing with their parents filthy keys (cringe). Have you done tests on house and car keys?
Lots! A Key is in my logo! Look up “House Key” here on the site and you will see a bunch of test results!
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Thank you! You and your kids are doing such great work!
CLMc
Thank you!
Hi Tamara,
I have always wondered about the little metal ball inside of jingle bells. I read your post about a child swallowing a lead pellet from inside a maraca and immediately thought about these little decorative bells. Do they ever use leaded pellets inside them?