Two New Lab Reports Published: SkipJack Chunk Light Tuna + Bagel Seasoning!

Two New Lab Reports Published: SkipJack Chunk Light Tuna + Bagel Seasoning!
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August 10, 2026
Monday
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Hi friends!
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We published two new articles with lab reports in the past 24 hours, the direct links to each of those articles are below.
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The new reports are for the Trader Joe’s Chunk Light SkipJack Tuna (packed in water) and the Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend.
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We will be publishing two more in the coming 24 hours as well, so please do stand by for those (and make sure you are subscribed to the Lead Safe Mama Patreon channel to be among the first to see these new reports as soon as they are published!)
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I do want to take a moment to thank our new Patreon supporters from this weekend — Thank you to Kara, Kathy, & Jon! Thank you for helping us to bridge the gap in funding for our otherwise not-yet-funded product specific lab testing and reporting. We couldn’t do what we do without you!
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Even with these three new generous donors, Lead Safe Mama, LLC is still below our “critical funding support level” of $3,000 a month in monthly Patreon gifts. One more monthly donor giving at the $25.00 a month or $50.00 a month level (each a level that would allow that person to choose a product for us to test and report on after they have contributed $150.00!) would bring us back up above $3,000.00 each month in gifted support.
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$3,000 a month helps us to test and report on 5 or 6 otherwise not-yet-funded products — so please do consider bumping up your Patreon membership today (even just by $1.00 or $2.00 a month if that’s all you can afford) — and in return – for as long as our operating costs are funded – we will continue to publish new product-specific lab reports, nearly every single day if possible! Noting that when our operating costs are not covered, we aren’t able to get as many products tested and we are not able publish reports as often — so your support does directly impact the work we do, we are truly a community collaborative organization!
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Imagine – just for a moment – if every single one of our social media followers simply contributed $1.00 a month! If this were to happen we would be able to test and report on every single product that you all want us to test! It would be magical and amazing! OR If simply every single one of our Patreon members contributed just $1.00 a month we would be able to test and report on at least twelve otherwise-not-funded products each month! So much is possible through collaboration!
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In the meantime, here’s what we have published over the past 12 months (on a shoe-string budget):
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We’ve published FIVE lab reports so far this month (August 2026) – here’s a link showing all of those:
https://tamararubin.com/category/august-2026-article/
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In July our limited funding only made it possible for us to publish SEVEN new lab reports – here’s a link with all of those in case you missed them: https://tamararubin.com/category/july-2026-article/
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In June of 2026 we had enough funding to publish 14 new lab reports, you can find those here:
https://tamararubin.com/category/june-2026-article/
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In May of 2026 we were able to publish 11 new lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/may-2026-article/
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In April of 2026 we were able to publish NINETEEN lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/april-2026-article/
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In March of 2026 we were able to publish 14 lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/march-2026-article/
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In February of 2026 we were able to publish 18 lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/february-2026-article/
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In January of 2026 we were only able to publish four new lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/january-2026-article/
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In December of 2025 we published THIRTY EIGHT lab reports – this is what things look like when our work is nearly fully funded – woot!
https://tamararubin.com/category/december-2025-article/
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In November of 2025 we published TWENTY SIX lab reports – Also AMAZING:
https://tamararubin.com/category/november-2025-article/
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In October of 2025 we published 13 lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/october-2025-article/
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In September of 2025 we published TWENTY SEVEN lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/september-2025-article/
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In August of 2025 we published 16 lab reports:
https://tamararubin.com/category/august-2025-article/
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As you can see, our funding has slowed down over the past year, significantly restricting how many lab reports we are able to publish each month. Thank you again for contributing whatever you can afford to help this work continue this year and beyond.
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Our Patreon membership link is below. If you are not yet a member you can join for FREE or with a small monthly contribution in support of the work — and #Bonus — Patreon members are always among the first to see our lab reports as soon as they are published:
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https://www.patreon.com/LeadSafeMama/membership
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The links to the promised two new articles with lab reports are below:
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#1.) Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Seasoning:
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https://tamararubin.com/2026/08/everything-but-the-bagel/
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#2.) Trader Joe’s Chunk Light SkipJack Tuna (Packed in Water):
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https://tamararubin.com/2026/08/trader-joes-chunk-light-skipjack-tuna/
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Thank you again for your support in all the ways.
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Thank you being part of the international movement for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Consumer Goods Safety.
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Together as a community we are making a difference, shifting the narrative around consumer goods safety and the concern for toxicant exposure — while also identifying lab tested safer choices so families have alternatives and so corporations cannot continue to push the false narrative that “these safety standards are simply not achievable.”
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Thank you.
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Tamara Elise Rubin
Owner, Lead Safe Mama, LLC
& The Lead Safe Mama Team! (Serina, Sarah, Carissa, Amy, Ainslie – and many others – including quite a few volunteers and all of the lawyers too!)