Each product image in the grid below is a link to an article with the full original lab report for the product pictured (or to the fundraising campaign to cover the costs of testing and reporting for that product if it is noted as “Pending” but not “funded”).

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For more information about the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative, & to see our full chart comparing the lab test results for all of the sunscreen products we have tested to date please continue reading below this grid.

Please join us on Patreon to be among the first to see new articles with product lab reports as soon as they are published (including those noted in the grid below as both “Pending” and “Funded”). You can join us on Patreon for FREE or with a small monthly contribution in support of the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC. Thank you. To join us on Patreon, click the PATREON button in the grid below.

To nominate a product for community-funded laboratory testing, click the NOMINATE button in the grid below and follow the instructions on that page.

A “Qualified” Safer Choice, Read More Below.

All of the sunscreens we have tested to date (through the Lead Safe Mama, LLC community-collaborative laboratory testing initiative) have tested positive for Lead — with one exception. The following link is to the only sunscreen we have found (to date, with independent, third party, community-funded laboratory testing) that has tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic (the first item listed on the chart below – scroll down for details, including the low thresholds of detection for each element we tested this product for): https://amzn.to/3TsLgLb

Background on Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative

The Lead Safe Mama, LLC (LSM) team has been conducting independent, community-funded, scientific testing of consumer goods since 2009. Prior to 2024 our work primarily focused on testing consumer goods (including dishes, toys, household items, furniture, jewelry, etc.) using XRF technology.

In March of 2024, LSM began coordinating independent, third-party, community-collaborative laboratory testing of foods, supplements, cosmetics, and personal-care items. Since then we have sent more than 400 community-nominated products to laboratories, testing for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic. You can find all of our published lab reports for products we have tested through this initiative to date on this link — sunscreen products are just a small subset of the products we have tested.

How are products chosen for testing?
How is this third-party, independent testing and reporting paid for?

This laboratory testing initiative is driven by the interests and priorities of the greater Lead Safe Mama community (we had nearly 2.3 million unique individual readers here on this website in the 2024 calendar year alone and also have a strong social media presence — with over 100,000 followers each on both Instagram and Facebook).

Lead Safe Mama online community members nominate products for laboratory testing and then the LSM community uses crowd-funding (including through GoFundMe) to raise the money needed and cover the costs related to testing and reporting for these nominated products. This is how the products listed in the chart below were chosen for testing, and how the testing and reporting was paid for.

This unique model of community-directed (and community-funded) testing and reporting helps ensure that this initiative is truly free of corporate influence, and instead strongly rooted in science (without bias).

Pending Sunscreen Campaigns

In addition to the lab test results for the FOURTEEN sunscreen products we have published to date (scroll down to see a summary chart with those test results – links to each of the published reports are also in the grid at the top of this page), through the LSM Laboratory Testing Initiative (in our search for a safer sunscreen product) the additional sunscreen products listed below have also been nominated for testing and reporting.

Each line item below is a link to a campaign on GoFundMe for which we have not yet raised all the funds to cover the costs of testing and reporting (if you would like to help us get the reports for any of these products published more quickly, please click the link and make a contribution in support of helping to cover the costs for laboratory testing and reporting for the product you are curious about — even $10 or $15 would be helpful in getting us closer to getting all of these products tested and getting their lab reports published and shared! Thank you!) Here also is the link to our budget (the budget detailing how we spend the funs raised through each of these campaigns).

Some of the sunscreens for which we have already published the lab reports did not fully fund (we did not raise enough to cover the costs of testing and reporting for that product, but chose to send it off to the lab early as we felt it would be an important data point to collect). Those still-open (not-yet-funded) campaigns are also listed below.

Raw, Direct-to-Consumer Data that’s Never Behind a Paywall

Another unique aspect of Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work is that all of our findings (including the raw data/ original lab reports) are always shared publicly (here on the Lead Safe Mama website and our social media), free of charge, and not behind a paywall of any kind. While contributions in support of our work are always welcome, they are not required.

The intention behind the Lead Safe Mama, LLC laboratory testing initiative is twofold:

To identify lab-tested safer products, helping consumers make science-informed choices regarding the products they use with their families, and
To identify products with egregious levels of toxicants that we can then (collectively) report to public agencies (including the FDA) in an effort to get those products recalled.

A foundation of LSM’s work is the understanding (and agreement with scientific and medical consensus) that there is no safe level of Lead exposure for humans, and that we (as consumers) should demand companies be held accountable for manufacturing and selling Lead-contaminated product — especially products marketed and sold for use by children (or products marketed for general use that will likely be used or consumed by children). We also want to hold agencies (like EWG) accountable for giving their top ratings (like the “EWG Verified” badge) to Lead-contaminated products. In the chart below there are several “EWG Verified” products that have tested positive for concerning levels of Lead (and other toxicants), when consumers expect that the “EWG Verified” distinction means these products should be free of toxicants like Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic.

Chart Updated: June 17, 2025

The chart below (comparing the toxicant profiles of laboratory-tested popular sunscreen products) is a work-in-progress.
We have found only ONE sunscreen product that has tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic to date – as of June 17, 2025 (this product: https://amzn.to/3G4xKub ) – and will continue to test more products in this category looking for more safer choices — at the request and direction of the greater Lead Safe Mama community.
While finding a sunscreen that tests “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic is a good place to start — we encourage all of you to further research the other ingredients in these products (especially the ingredients in the chemical sunscreens) to make an informed decision as to whether or not the product is truly safe for your family (and especially safe for your children, taking into account your personal sunscreen usage patterns).
- Our work is specifically limited to determining safety considerations based on the presence of (or absence of) heavy metals, which we acknowledge is only one part of the equation.
Some articles and lab reports are pending/ will be published shortly and those are noted at the top of this page.
Please check back periodically for the latest updates.
- We first share our newly published articles on our Patreon.
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- You can subscribe to our Patreon free-of-charge or with a small monthly gift in support of this work if you choose.
- Lead Safe Mama, LLC is not a 501(c)3 nonprofit, so contributions are not tax-deductible.
You can click the chart image below for a downloadable PDF copy.
Continue reading below the chart for additional information (including the full list of lab-tested safer products identified to date through this initiative) — thank you!

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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 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for seven 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 news coverage of our work, linked here.

Key points related to the data in the sunscreen chart below:

96.67% of the Sunscreen Products we have tested to date have tested positive for Lead.
83.33% of the Sunscreen Products we have tested to date have tested positive for Cadmium.
36.67% of the Sunscreen Products we have tested to date have tested positive for Arsenic.
16.67% of the Sunscreen Products we have tested to date have tested positive for Mercury.
An “EWG Verified” product made for use by babies had the highest level of Arsenic
Another “EWG Verified” product – also for made for use by babies – had the highest level of Cadmium
At least one “EWG Verified” product is a possible violation of the Washington State Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (TFCA)
Four out of five of the Sunscreens that tested positive for Mercury are marketed and sold as products intended for use with Babies and Families (implying they are safe for children of all ages).
Seven sunscreens listed below — 23.33% of the 30 sunscreen products tested to date — are possible violations of TFCA because the level of Lead in these products exceeds the 1,000 ppb (1 ppm) limit for Lead set with the TFCA as of January 1, 2025.

If you click the chart below you can see it full-sized. This chart is a Work in Progress and will be updated shortly. Please check back here periodically to see the latest updates. Thank you!

The chart above compares the toxicant profiles of popular sunscreen products that we have tested through the community collaborative (community directed and funded), independent, third-party laboratory testing Lead Safe Mama, LLC is coordinating.

This link has all of our not-yet-funded testing campaigns.

Are you interested in seeing MORE safer choices?

Below is an expanding list of products (foods, supplements, cosmetics, and personal care items) that tested “non-detect” for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic with independent, third-party, community-funded laboratory testing coordinated by Lead Safe Mama, LLC (an Oregon-based small business with a unique community-collaborative business model and a focus on consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention). The product examples below clearly demonstrate that companies can manufacture safer choices (at least from the perspective of a concern for heavy metals contamination).
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The limits of detection (low-threshold of detection) for each of the metals tested are noted in the lab report for the specific product listed. To see the full original lab report for any of these products, type the brand name into the search bar at the top of any page on Lead Safe Mama dot com (and scroll down to the bottom of the related article). All our published lab reports are also linked here, on our lab testing landing page.
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Flavors (or specific variations) tested are noted, and other flavors of the same product (or other products from the same brand) have either not been tested or have been tested but did not yield similar results. Test results only apply to the specific products linked below.

Products on our “safer choices” list are retested periodically (annually or more frequently, as funding permits). If a product no longer tests clean, it is removed from the list.

LIST UPDATED — June 4, 2025
Now at 68 products + 6 “bonus” options. Scroll down to see all 74 Lab-tested Safer Choices:

Baby Food — 1 — Little Spoon Kale, Carrot + Pear BabyBlends
Baby Food — 2 —Little Spoon Butternut Squash + Blueberry BabyBlends
Baby Food — 3 — Little Spoon Sweet Potato BabyBlends
Baby Food — 4 — Little Spoon Sweet Potato + Carrot BabyBlends
Baby Food — 5 — Little Spoon Banana + Pitaya BabyBlends
Beverage — 1 — Honest Kids Organic Appley Ever After Apple Juice Drink: https://amzn.to/4fjGhov
Beverage — 2 — Olipop Grape Tonic: https://amzn.to/4cjFYZu
Breakfast Cereal — 1 — Nature’s Path Envirokidz Organic Panda Puffs: https://amzn.to/4fo1crf
Breakfast Cereal — 2 — Nature’s Path Envirokidz Organic Corn Puffs Gorilla Munch: https://amzn.to/3FHZCDO
Candy — 1 — Cavendish & Harvey Wild Berry Drops, not organic (Germany): https://amzn.to/3Z1Jxjr
NEW! Candy — 2 — Haribo Gummy Bears** (Made in Germany, Not USA Produced): https://amzn.to/3FCGVlu
Candy — 3 — Lindt White Chocolate Bar (Made in USA, New Hampshire): https://amzn.to/3OXkyIm
Coffee & Tea — 1 — Chameleon Handcrafted Organic Cold Brew Concentrate: https://amzn.to/3OcrH77
Coffee & Tea — 2 —Tao of Tea Organic Genmaicha (Tamara’s favorite, from Japan, sold by a Portland, Oregon-based company!): https://amzn.to/3Dp8Fsd
Coffee & Tea — 3 — Califia Farms Almond Latte Cold Brew (XX Espresso): https://amzn.to/4gTTGoJ
Coffee & Tea — 4 — Death Wish Organic Espresso Roast Ground Coffee (Multi-country origin, non-USA): https://amzn.to/3yo1eiL
Cosmetic— 1 — Babo Botanicals Sensitive Baby Lotion: https://amzn.to/3YmKxy1
Cosmetic — 2 — Kora Organics Noni Face Oil: https://amzn.to/43hy2XO
Dairy — 1 — (cheese) — Babybel Mini Original Snack Cheese: https://amzn.to/3ZY5noO
Dairy — 2 — (coffee creamer) — Organic Valley Grassmilk Half and Half: https://amzn.to/4fHJIWT
Fruit Snack — 1 — (bar) — Pure Organic Layered Fruit Bars in Raspberry Lemonade Flavor: https://amzn.to/3XcFsIp
Fruit Snack — 2 — (bar) —Pure Organic Layered Fruit Bars in Strawberry Banana Flavor: https://amzn.to/3WQEekA
Fruit Snack — 3 — (pouch) — Costco’s Kirkland Organic Apple Sauce Pouch: https://amzn.to/4gOYpZ9
Fruit Snack — 4 — (pouch) — GoGo Squeez Organic Apple Sauce Pouch: https://amzn.to/3XhWYLe
Fruit Snack — 5 — (pouch) — Once Upon A Farm Dairy Free Fruit Smoothie Pouch in Strawberry Banana Swirl Flavor: https://amzn.to/3CPMbAw
Infant Formula — 1 — Bobbie Organic Gentle Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron (pink and white can): https://amzn.to/3YYb849
Infant Formula — 2 — Bobbie Organic Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron (green and white can): https://amzn.to/3VOr4Vy
Infant Formula — 3 — Bobbie Grass-Fed Milk-Based Powder with Iron (green can): https://amzn.to/3ZlAaeJ
Infant Formula — 4 — ByHeart Infant Formula (USA-made, not organic): https://amzn.to/48DJjTb
Infant Formula — 5 — HiPP Bio Combiotik Infant Formula Powder, Stage 1 (imported)
Infant Formula — 6 — HiPP HA Stage PRE (0+ Months) Combiotic Formula (imported)
Infant Formula — 7 — Holle Bio Goat Stage 2 Infant Formula (for 6-10 months, organic, European — Swiss/ German/ Austrian) is not available on Amazon, but the Stage 3 version of this product is (not yet tested, but will likely test similarly): https://amzn.to/3BVU7zI
Infant Formula — 8 — Kendamil Goat Infant Formula (not organic): This product may be available at Target (it is not available on Amazon)
Infant Formula — 9 — Kendamil Organic Follow-On Milk (European/ British Toddler Formula, for 6-12 months, Cow Milk): Not available on Amazon
Infant Formula — 10 — Kendamil Whole Milk Infant Formula (from Europe, pink can, not organic), available at Target
Infant Formula — 11 — Kendamil Organic Infant Formula (Cow Milk): Not available on Amazon but may be available at Target
Ingredient — 1 — (baking flour) — Jovial Organic Einkorn Flour (Italy): https://amzn.to/3LIqxix
Ingredient — 2 — (beans) — Jovial Organic Chickpeas, Product of Italy: https://amzn.to/4iRON1l
Ingredient — 3 — (vinegar) — Napa Valley Naturals Organic Red Wine Vinegar (California): https://amzn.to/4jWhHOg
Oil — 1 — (avocado) — Chosen Foods 100% Avocado Oil (not organic): https://amzn.to/3YDZSuv
Oil — 2 — (coconut) — Dr. Bronner’s Regenerative Organic Coconut Oil: https://amzn.to/40xwBmv
NEW! Oil — 3 — (olive) — Bryan Johnson BluePrint Snake Oil Olive Oil** (not organic): https://amzn.to/4mMieUj
Oil — 4 — (perilla seed) — Dr. Adorable’s Organic Perilla Seed Oil (Korea): https://amzn.to/3NDt7Yc
Plant-Based Milk — 1 — (coffee creamer) — Laird Superfood Coconut Creamer: https://amzn.to/4fItA7A
Plant-Based Milk — 2 — (plant milk) — Kiki Milk Organic Plant-Based Milk (original flavor): https://amzn.to/3AA6Qrt
Plant-Based Milk — 3 — (soy milk) — West Soy Unflavored Unsweetened Organic Soy Milk: https://amzn.to/4dwev8l
Salt — 1 — Jacobsen’s Sea Salt (Oregon, USA): https://amzn.to/4dcbk5L
NEW! Salt — 2 —Maldon Sea Salt Flakes**: https://amzn.to/4iTzWTE
NEW! Salt — 3 — Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt** : https://amzn.to/4cVQMiy
Seeds — 1 — (chia) —Navitas Organic, Gluten-Free Chia Seeds (Mexico): https://amzn.to/3YvE7xC
Seeds — 2 — (hemp) — Costco Kirkland Organic Hemp Seeds: https://amzn.to/4e05RP9
Supplement — 1 — (adult) — Doctor’s Best Vitamin C with Q-C: https://amzn.to/4hlVvea
Supplement — 2 — (adult) —Nordic Naturals Omega-3 Fish Oil: https://amzn.to/48q1j2V
Supplement — 3 — (adult) — Pectasol Modified Citrus Pectin, Formulated in the USA: https://amzn.to/3QUmZfN
Supplement — 4 — (adult) — Pendulum Metabolic Daily Dietary Supplement: https://amzn.to/4gY5wOm
Supplement — 5 — (kids) —Baby Ddrops, Organic Vitamin D3 Supplement for Babies: https://amzn.to/49C3ktH
Supplement — 6 — (kids) — Mary Ruth’s Organic Toddler Multivitamin Liquid Drops with Iron: https://amzn.to/3YPhcgx
Supplement — 7 — (kids) —Mary Ruth’s Organic Toddler Elderberry Liquid Drops: https://amzn.to/42617TU
Supplement — 8 — (kids) — Nordic Naturals Kids Vitamin D3 Gummies (Ages 3+): https://amzn.to/4l7117a
Sweetener — 1 — (sugar) — Anthony’s Organic Granulated Cane Sugar: https://amzn.to/4jf6vLv
Sweetener — 2— (xylitol) — Espure Organic Xylitol: https://amzn.to/3GsCSrU
Sweetener — 3— (xylitol) —Now Real Food Granulated Xylitol: https://amzn.to/4cNWDpM
Toothpaste — 1 — Fluoride-free Orajel Kids Training Toothpaste in Natural Berry Fruity Flavor with Elmo Sesame Street Packaging: https://amzn.to/41wxtrY
Toothpaste — 2 — Fluoride-free Miessence Mint Toothpaste: https://amzn.to/4bJc4PO
Toothpaste — 3 — Dr. Brown’s Fluoride-free Baby Toothpaste in Strawberry Flavor: https://amzn.to/3DCehzZ
Toothpaste — 4 — Pegciz Kids Foam Toothpaste in Watermelon Flavor, Low Flouride (packaging varies, see report): https://amzn.to/3YzP68e
Toothpaste — 5 — Kid’s Spry Fluoride-free Tooth Gel with Xylitol in Original Flavor: https://amzn.to/41GZb4e
Toothpaste — 6 — Fluoride-free Essential Oxygen BR Certified Organic in Peppermint Flavor: https://amzn.to/4lARZ2J

**Lab reports pending/ Not yet published as of 6/4/2025

Here’s a link to our landing page featuring all the third-party lab reports for the foods, supplements, and cosmetic products we have published to date, including those listed above: https://tamararubin.com/2024/05/food-articles/

Stand by for more!

BONUS: Below are SIX additional products that each tested positive for trace (very low levels of) Arsenic — at levels considered safe by all standards (with the limits of detection noted in the lab report for the specific product listed).

Infant Formula — Kendamil Goat Toddler Milk, not organic (positive for traces of Arsenic): May be available at Target or through other online retailers of European infant formulas
Ingredient — Maseca Instant Corn Masa Flour, Product of Mexico (positive for traces of Arsenic): https://amzn.to/4iR8qWN
Fruit Snack — That’s It Apple Cherry Bars, not organic (positive for traces of Arsenic): https://amzn.to/4fHkSWV
Oil — Chosen Foods 100% Pure Avocado oil, organic (postive for traces of Arsenic): https://amzn.to/3BVQYQa
Supplement — (adult) — Now Sunflower Lecithin, not organic (positive for traces of Arsenic): https://amzn.to/3AFdHzO
Supplement — (adult) — WishGarden Immune Boost Seasonal Rescue for Pregnancy: https://amzn.to/3Cd940N

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3 Comments

Donna Saccento says:

June 14, 2025 at 7:29 am

What sunscreen do you use ? I bought the sport Badgers mineral SPF 40 and after seeing what you posted for the other Badgers I am returning it. With the results of all the chemicals, is that in each application or the entire bottle? I’m hoping you can find a safe mineral sunscreen. Thank you for all you are doing in testing.

Kayla Costa says:

June 18, 2025 at 7:37 pm

When will you publish the report for the organic sunscreen that took the #2 spot? We have an outdoor party this weekend and could use another option of sunscreen for our child.

1. Tamara says:
  
  June 19, 2025 at 8:48 am
  
  We are publishing the reports as the campaigns to cover the costs of testing and reporting fund. Please make a contribution in support of any of the open / pending GoFundMe campaigns linked near the top of the page – Thank you!

Chart Comparing the Toxicant Profiles of Popular Sunscreen Products

Each product image in the grid below is a link to an article with the full original lab report for the product pictured (or to the fundraising campaign to cover the costs of testing and reporting for that product if it is noted as “Pending” but not “funded”).