Amafil Polvilho Doce Sweet Manioc Starch Yuca Flour – Cassava Product of Brazil: 2024 Lab Report – Testing For Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The lab report for this product was quite interesting to see. This product has the lowest level of Lead of all of the cassava flour products we have tested (excluding arrowroot and tapioca designated products which are apparently processed differently). So —consistent with our other findings of non-USA produced…
WestSoy West Life Organic Unsweetened Soymilk: 2024 Lab Report – Testing For Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As this is a product consumed by my family on a regular basis (and has been for years, since it is one of the only non-dairy milk products one of my disabled children will use), we were so excited to learn that this product tested non-detect for Lead, Mercury,…
Costco Kirkland Organic Hemp Hearts (Product of Canada): 2024 Lab Report – Testing For Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We were so excited to learn that this product tested non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic – and especially excited given the low thresholds of detection for the lab report for this particular product was so very low. Please scroll down to the bottom of this article to…
Three Wishes Marshmallow Gluten Free Cereal: 2024 Lab Report – Testing For Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We anticipated that this cereal would test positive for toxicants. Unfortunately the lab report for this particular product did not have a sufficiently low threshold of detection for Lead and Mercury, so it is important to note that we do not know (with this lab report, which can be…
2024 is officially Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s BEST YEAR EVER in ALL the ways!
12/08/2024 – Sunday This is so very exciting friends! We just passed TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND (2,125,000!) unique individual PEOPLE who have read (& shared!) articles on the Lead Safe Mama website this calendar year alone! Ah-May-ZING! While 2024 was already the best year ever for readership based on unique page…
Peanut Butter Perfect Bar: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second Perfect Bar product we have tested to date. You can see the lab report for the first product that we tested from this brand by clicking this link. Given the fact that the first of these that we tested was also positive for both Cadmium…
Food For Life Flourless Organic Sprouted Grain Bread Ezekiel 4:9 – Orange Package: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the first packaged bread product we have tested and reported on (we do have others in the queue – so stand by for the reports on those as well!) As anticipated (given so many grain products / flours we have tested have tested positive for Cadmium), this…
Renzo’s Picky Eater Melty Tab Vitamins in Lil’ Green Apple Flavor: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is yet another children’s vitamin that has tested positive for Lead. All federal agencies agree that there is no safe level of Lead exposure for children, we have (however) found one children’s vitamin that tested “non-detect” for Lead, so we do have evidence that it is possible to…
2015 UK Study (Belfast) Demonstrating that Background (“Natural”) Soil Contamination is Not a Major Contributing Factor to Lead & Cadmium Contamination of Fruits & Vegetables
Click the image below to read the full study. We will be writing up a discussion of this study shortly. In case the direct link is lost in the future, we have also uploaded a full PDF (22 pages) of this to our website – Link Here. General summary: Natural (background) Lead and Cadmium contamination…
Ahimsa Dishes for Children – A Pretty & Non-Toxic Holiday Gift Choice!
Links for purchasing these from Amazon or Direct from the manufacturer are below. Prices are as of 12/4/2024 – and may change – Food Storage (great for school lunches and snacks!) Set of three circles – $46.20 (30% off) – https://shrsl.com/4rvim Circle – $22.00 for one (before a 20% off code) – https://shrsl.com/4rviq…
HiPP Bio Combiotik Infant Formula Powder – Stage 1 (imported): November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: MORE GOOD NEWS! Yet Another Safer Infant Formula! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns on GoFundMe if you would like to support some of our additional independent, crowd-funded, third-party laboratory testing. Thank you! For those new to the Lead…
Bobbie Whole Milk (Grass-Fed) Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: MORE GOOD NEWS! Another Safer Infant Formula! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Here’s the Amazon link for this product too: https://amzn.to/3ZlAaeJ – To see more products that we have tested from this brand, click here. Note: funding to test this product was fully covered by…
Once Upon A Farm Organic Dairy-Free Smoothie in Strawberry Banana Swirl Flavor (Pouch): November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: GOOD NEWS! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Here’s the Amazon link for this product too! https://amzn.to/3CPMbAw – to see more products that we have tested from this brand, click here. Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns on GoFundMe if you would like to support…
Lead Safe Mama’s “Safer Swaps” for Snacks! #SwapDrama2024
11/26/2024 – Tuesday Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I don’t know if you saw the “swap drama” on social media over the weekend. It was a bit annoying. Several “influencers” in the “food space” recommended a list of toxic products as “safer choices” — nearly EVERY recommendation on their lists was for a…
Pillsbury Best All Purpose Flour (Bleached, Enriched – Not Organic) tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As anticipated, Pillsbury All Purpose Flour tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium (“unsafe” when considered as a product that may be consumed by young children). For more information about the standards we are using as a metric to determine safety, continue reading below. To quote Star Wars…
Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Arsenic & Cadmium: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As anticipated, Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Arsenic and Cadmium (“unsafe” when considered as a product that may be consumed by young children). For more information about the standards we are using as a metric to determine safety,…
Little Spoon Purple Carrot BabyBlend tests positive for Cadmium & for traces of Arsenic: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the seventh Little Spoon brand baby food product that we are reporting on. To see the other Little Spoon products we have tested — along with the lab reports for those products — click here (the full original lab report is always at the bottom of every…
Little Spoon Organic Kale Apple Curls with Ancient Grains Meltable Baby Puffs Test Positive for unsafe levels of Lead & Cadmium: 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the sixth Little Spoon brand baby food product that we are reporting on. To see the other Little Spoon products and their lab reports, click here. Unfortunately this product tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium (with the context we note for all of the…
2024 Shopping Guide: Lead Safe Mama’s Favorite LOVELY Lead-Free Holiday Gifts for MOM!
Hi all! Because you (Lead Safe Mama community members) have asked us for Lead-Free holiday gift ideas, we have created articles with ideas for different age groups / demographics. Note: We’re paying to promote these write-ups on Facebook so more people see them. – The list below is the “Lovely Gifts for Mom” gift…
Little Spoon BabyBlend in Kale, Carrot + Pear Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our FIFTH report…
Little Spoon BabyBlend in Butternut Squash + Blueberry Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our FOURTH report…
Little Spoon BabyBlend in Sweet Potato Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our THIRD report…
Little Spoon BabyBlend in Sweet Potato + Carrot Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our SECOND report…
Little Spoon BabyBlend in Banana Pitaya Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Exciting news everyone! This Little Spoon BabyBlend in Banana Pitaya flavor (pitaya is also known as dragon fruit) tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic with a low threshold of detection of 5 parts per billion (ppb) for each of the four metals (see lab report below)! To…