2020

Green glass Trader Giotto’s (Trader Joe’s) olive oil bottle: 117 +/- 37 ppm Lead — this is typical for green glass

Green glass Trader Giotto’s (Trader Joe’s) olive oil bottle: 117 +/- 37 ppm Lead — this is typical for green glass

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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,…

Yoobi 20 Pack Washable Sidewalk Chalk: “Non-Detect” for Lead, Cadmium & Mercury. Safe by all standards.

Yoobi 20 Pack Washable Sidewalk Chalk: “Non-Detect” for Lead, Cadmium & Mercury. Safe by all standards.

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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…

A reader asked why I was sharing about canned food we are eating today (why were were eating canned food at all)….

A reader asked why I was sharing about canned food we are eating today (why were were eating canned food at all)….

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Someone just asked me (on my Lead Safe Mama page) why I was sharing a picture of the canned food we were eating today – specifically why were were eating canned food at all…. Here’s the question from my reader: Tamara, why are you eating canned food today? Wednesday, April 8, 2020 – 4:30 p.m….

With today’s grocery delivery I will [for the first time in my life] have a full two weeks of food on hand (for my family of five.)

With today’s grocery delivery I will [for the first time in my life] have a full two weeks of food on hand (for my family of five.)

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Feeding a family of five for two weeks during the #ZombieApocalypse… …Note this date on the calendar (Sunday, April 5, 2020). Over the past month or so, I have – when possible – been purchasing extra basics and supplies (as many Americans have been), to sustain my family during this “Zombie Apocalypse.” I believe that after…

Are you a #LeadSafeMama? (or Dad? Or Grandparent?) Earn a Lead Safe Mama t-shirt and lip balm by sharing my posts. Click for details!

Are you a #LeadSafeMama? (or Dad? Or Grandparent?) Earn a Lead Safe Mama t-shirt and lip balm by sharing my posts. Click for details!

Originally Posted: March 26, 2020 – 11:30 p.m Date updated: March 27, 2020 – 3:15 p.m. A new fun idea I need your help getting the word out about my work. If you participate in this opportunity you will be supporting three small businesses (mine, my friend Nicole’s and my friend Jess’s) during a difficult…

Support Lead Safe Mama’s advocacy by buying 4.5+ acres of prime commercial real estate in Napa Valley, CA!

Support Lead Safe Mama’s advocacy by buying 4.5+ acres of prime commercial real estate in Napa Valley, CA!

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Click the image below for a full copy of the PDF flyer for the farm. Published: March 25, 2020 The yellow parallelogram in the first image above is my family’s honey farm in Napa Valley, California (Marshall’s Farm Honey.) This land (right off of Highway 29 on your way north from San Francisco to Napa)…

How the Zombie Apocalypse impacted our life: My son’s special needs *urgent* dentist appointment was cancelled!

How the Zombie Apocalypse impacted our life: My son’s special needs *urgent* dentist appointment was cancelled!

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Click here to read some related posts! Tuesday, March 24, 2020 A little about Charlie… Charlie is my 11-year-old special needs kiddo. He was Lead-poisoned in utero, and also was exposed to Lead in house dust as an infant and toddler (in our 1905 urban home and neighborhood). Charlie has a lot of issues, but…

“How CoViD-19 panic has impacted LeadSafeMama.com…” – continued, March 23, 2020 Update.

“How CoViD-19 panic has impacted LeadSafeMama.com…” – continued, March 23, 2020 Update.

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Click here to read my first post about this! #ZombieApocalypse Lead Safe Mama Update  Not too much to say here today – I just wanted to share an update with the LeadSafeMama.com stats graph from this afternoon (graph above, with larger image at the bottom of the post.) We’re down to lows of 2,500 to…

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in yellow), made in China: 113 +/- 31 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in yellow), made in China: 113 +/- 31 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in red), made in China: 48 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in red), made in China: 48 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in green), made in China: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic & Antimony.

Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in green), made in China: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic & Antimony.

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Artists Serving Artists red acrylic ruler (made in China) from Blick Art Materials: no metals detected at all! [Lead-free!]

Artists Serving Artists red acrylic ruler (made in China) from Blick Art Materials: no metals detected at all! [Lead-free!]

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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

California mug purchased at Oakland Airport in 2020: Free of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury & Antimony! Woohoo!

California mug purchased at Oakland Airport in 2020: Free of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury & Antimony! Woohoo!

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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Tamara’s gold tooth crown (c. 2010, replaced in 2016): non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Antimony & Arsenic. Thank G-d!

Tamara’s gold tooth crown (c. 2010, replaced in 2016): non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Antimony & Arsenic. Thank G-d!

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Posted: Saturday, March 14, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Amethyst Tree: 122 ppm Lead and 28 ppm Arsenic, this is not a toy for babies & toxicants are just one reason why.

Amethyst Tree: 122 ppm Lead and 28 ppm Arsenic, this is not a toy for babies & toxicants are just one reason why.

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Posted: Saturday, March 14, 2020 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 high-precision XRF testing (a…

Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse with three young kids at home – what we’re buying. #CoViD19PanicWeek

Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse with three young kids at home – what we’re buying. #CoViD19PanicWeek

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Written: March 13, 2020 Updated: 2:03 p.m. – 3/13/2020 I will updating this post periodically over the course of the day! Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse (this is not just because of CoViD-19)! So for starters, I have to say that we bought (or buy on a regular basis) most of these things – in quantity whenever possible…

I thought y’all might also find this interesting… “How CoViD 19 panic onset has impacted my website traffic…”

I thought y’all might also find this interesting… “How CoViD 19 panic onset has impacted my website traffic…”

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Instead of 10,000 to 20,000+ views a day… I am down to 6,000 to 8,000 views each day this week… I thought some of you might find this as interesting as I do… here’s to hoping things get better (for all the humans, in all the areas – but especially our health!) … and to…

c. 1989 Flexibear Flexiblocks plastic toy: 1,735 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered unsafe/illegal in modern toys.

c. 1989 Flexibear Flexiblocks plastic toy: 1,735 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered unsafe/illegal in modern toys.

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. 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. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…

I’m excited to share this with you… year-over-year growth for LeadSafeMama.com looking at December-January-February!

I’m excited to share this with you… year-over-year growth for LeadSafeMama.com looking at December-January-February!

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Thank you for being here. I’ve been looking at the stats on our website recently and really marveling at the growth of traffic here over the past couple of years. I am so thankful that you all share this work with your friends and families and communities. It is really making a difference and we…

Product Recommendation: iPads (on sale today on Amazon)… [Yes they are Lead-free in all accessible components!]

Product Recommendation: iPads (on sale today on Amazon)… [Yes they are Lead-free in all accessible components!]

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iPads are on sale today on Amazon! iPads are Lead-free in all accessible components. [Apple has pretty good toxicant standards across the board!] My understanding is that iPads are also likely Lead-free in the internal (inaccessible) components, but I have not disassembled one for testing (yet!) We use iPads in our home. My husband and…

List of stores I won’t shop at because they recently sold things with Lead or still sell things with Lead…

List of stores I won’t shop at because they recently sold things with Lead or still sell things with Lead…

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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…

LeadSafeMama.com might just reach 6,000,000 unique all-time views TONIGHT. Thank you!

LeadSafeMama.com might just reach 6,000,000 unique all-time views TONIGHT. Thank you!

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Originally posted: February 12, 2020 Updated: February 13, 2020 – Scroll down for update Please share a post of mine tonight (but not this one – scroll down – on Facebook – and pick another one on my page!) Thank you so much. This is going to be a good Valentine’s Day week for me!…

2018 Chicago Christkindlmarket Kinder Club commemorative cocoa mug: 19,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

2018 Chicago Christkindlmarket Kinder Club commemorative cocoa mug: 19,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

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  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…