Published: December 18, 2022 — Sunday
Well ... I guess I can really pick 'em! I have a special talent (actually, body of knowledge and experience) that enables me to easily pick out the most toxic souvenir in the shop! I purchased this at the Tower of London Gift ...
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Interlaken, Switzerland souvenir ceramic mug (2022): 6,151 ppm Lead on the interior food surface.
Published: December 18, 2022 - Sunday
I purchased this at a souvenir shop in Switzerland (November 2022) — following a long group discussion/collective speculative inquiry with my kids about which souvenirs were likely to be Leaded and which were likely to be Lead-free [it's a strange "game" ...
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Polar Express official souvenir bell from Whippany, NJ: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Cadmium-free (Phew!)
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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 ...
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TBiLiSi decorative souvenir ceramic bowl: 9,959 ppm Lead in the exterior glaze. 46 ppm on the food surface.
#1) Inside of ceramic bowl - food surface
Lead (Pb): 46 +/- 23 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,343 +/- 340 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 75 +/- 43 ppm
Iron (Fe): 27,500 +/- 800 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 70 +/- 27 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 2,697 +/- 195 ppm
#2) Outside of ceramic bowl - yellow glaze area
Lead ...
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Souvenir Mug from Riyadh Saudi Arabia (of all places!) airport souvenir purchase: 21,300 ppm Lead.
One of my readers gave me this mug for my "Museum of Lead" collection because she had seen my blog post where I shared that "I even had readers in Saudi Arabia!" She thought those readers might be interested in knowing the test results of this unbranded souvenir mug (a gift that a friend of hers ...
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2018 New Orleans Souvenir Mug: 16,700 ppm Lead, 109 ppm Cadmium.
When tested with an XRF instrument this New Orleans souvenir mug (purchased in New Orleans in 2018, no mark or maker) was positive for high levels of Lead both inside and out.
Continue reading below to see the full XRF test results for this mug.
When testing is done with an XRF instrument, the ...
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#Leaded: MIT Souvenir College Mug
Souvenir Mug from MIT: 32,400 ppm lead. The other mugs shown in this photo range from 17,000 to 19,000 ppm lead. One mug out of 7 tested on this date was lead-free.
Tested in 2013.
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XRF test results for tiny enamel cloisonné egg on wood stand (San Francisco Chinatown 2023)
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The Tower of London responded to my email… in LESS THAN 24 HOURS! Amazing. Read our correspondence here.
December 19, 2022 — Monday
When I woke up this morning and checked my email first thing (around 6 a.m.!) I had already received a response (two, in fact!) from the agency in charge of the Tower of London gift shop (related to my concerns for this tiny London bus ornament). I just ...
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All of the Leaded things we found when we visited a Montessori kindergarten classroom…
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After I broke my (foot off of my) leg my Physical Therapist asked me what my goal was. I responded “To ride my bike across the United States.” I wasn’t kidding.
After I broke my leg I told my Physical Therapist that my goal is to ride my bike across the country. He said... let's just start with riding your bike a mile. This is the story of why I won't settle for that (and why the cross country ride is still my goal!)
Saturday - March 12, 2022
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The (Lead-Free/ Lead Safe) gifts I bought my own kids this (2021) holiday season.
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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). ...
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Vintage dinner knife with red and yellow Bakelite handle — 760,500 ppm Lead in the join point
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