#1) External reading of tin (pink and white) Chromium (Cr): 273 +/- 85 ppm Tin (Sn): 3,908 +/- 131 ppm Zinc (Zn): 375 +/- 123 ppm Iron (Fe): 920,900 +/- 1,700 ppm Titanium (Ti): 65,200 +/- 900 ppm Cobalt (Co): 5,986 +/- 1,365 ppm Manganese (Mn): 1,793 +/- 477 ppm #2) Internal reading of tin…
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…
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the Consumer…
Reading #1) Black exterior Multiple tests done on either side of the black exterior of this case resulted in a range of test results. Below is one set of the results (the set with the highest Lead reading). The other reading sets all were positive for Lead – most were in the 300 to 400…
Copper (Cu): 6.939 +/- 761 ppm Nickel (Ni): 14,000 +/- 1,200 ppm Iron (Fe): 758,500 +/- 3,700 ppm Chromium (Cr): 114,900 +/- 1,500 ppm Vanadium (V): 922 +/- 276 ppm Manganese (Mn): 103,500 +/- 2,800 ppm Affiliate affiliate link for these cups: https://amzn.to/3743Pwj Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on…
On the pink floral area: Lead (Pb): 57,800 +/- 4,100 ppm Arsenic (As): 1,391 +/- 628 ppm Barium (Ba): 1,987 +/- 705 ppm Tin (Sn): 3,224 +/- 287 ppm Zinc (Zn): 893 +/- 130 ppm Iron (Fe): 785 +/- 233 ppm Chlorine (Cl): 3,358 +/- 1,360 On the white center of the plate: Lead (Pb):…
This Spring has been the most amazing time for my advocacy work!… … and now I have the opportunity to own my own instruments! Normally for any XRF testing I do – I rent an instrument. For a handful of my outreach events, I have been able to use a loaned XRF instrument – from…
My short film made it to the final top 10! My documentary short film (Living with children with OCD) is one of the top 10 winners (finalists) chosen from 200 films that were selected to participate in the audience voting phase of the Women In Film Curbside Shorts Challenge. Now we wait for the jury…
Living with children with OCD during a pandemic a short film Here’s my (first ever!) documentary short film. Please watch it and then click through (via this link) to vote so it is considered by the contest’s jury when they vote on June 2nd! Thank you. For more info about the competition read below…
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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific…
Urban Infant (UI) Chunky Sidewalk Chalk This chalk was sent to me by a reader, but without any accompanying note, so I want to thank you for sending it in — whoever you are! 🙂 While the product is “Made in China”, it appears this might a Canadian brand of sidewalk chalk, as I could not…
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
Why did you test your son’s pants, Tamara?! I decided to test my son’s cotton pants from The Gap because I had an interesting discussion recently on social media with one of my readers, who was asserting that all modern fabric had the potential to contain some types of carcinogen or other heavy metal toxicants…
Bottom of Cup – 60 seconds Copper (Cu): 1,789 +/- 154 ppm Chromium (Cr): 203 +/- 56 ppm Titanium (Ti): 4,455 +/- 318 ppm Side of Cup – 60 seconds Copper (Cu): 2,216 +/- 205 ppm Chromium (Cr): 258 +/- 107 ppm Titanium (Ti): 428 +/- 103 ppm Indium (In): 27 +/- 15 ppm no…
Reading on main fabric of mattress (sleeping surface / cream colored fabric): Barium (Ba): 195 +/- 128 ppm Antimony (Sb): 3,283 +/- 67 ppm Bromine (Br): 7 +/- 3 ppm Iron (Fe): 121 +/- 28 ppm Titanium (Ti): 1,010 +/- 310 ppm As always, please let me know if you have any questions. In the…
Reading on main fabric of mattress (sleeping surface / gray & white): Antimony (Sb): 42 +/- 26 ppm Tin (Sn): 89 +/- 18 ppm Zinc (Zn): 34 +/- 12 ppm Copper (Cu): 31 +/- 19 ppm Iron (Fe): 284 +/- 44 ppm Titanium (Ti): 4,809 +/- 166 ppm Reading on white only area of fabric:…
First to acknowledge, there’s a lot that’s worthy of complaint: During this Zombie Apocalypse it seems like there is a lot to complain about — and even for an optimist like myself, there is. That said, there is so very much to be thankful for; our family feels like we are incredibly fortunate right now…
Published: April 25, 2020 – Saturday File this under “Random Tamara Stories”… written more for my kids than for anyone else! 😉 The photo above is from December of 1990 or thereabouts, when I got the gig of doing backstage massage for the Grateful Dead. How did this come about, you ask? Well… continue reading…
Here’s my affiliate link to this product on Amazon. Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument, the Melissa & Doug Jumbo Triangular Crayons (pictured above) had the readings listed below (broken out by color of crayon). All tests on each color crayon were repeated multiple times, in order to confirm…
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
Blacksmithing Tongs Reading 1 – 60 seconds Chromium (Cr): 9,271 +/- 929 ppm Iron (Fe): 924,100 +/- 84,000 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 353 +/- 154 ppm Reading 2 – 60 seconds Chromium (Cr): 2,977 +/- 303 ppm Iron (Fe): 995,800 +/- 2,600 ppm Some additional reading: To see more tools I have tested, click here. To…