25,000 views on YouTube! Reaching 25,000 views of the film this month means there have been more than 4,000 views in the past six months – during the CoViD-19 Pandemic (since I last posted, exactly 6 months ago on April 19, 2020!) Thanks for sharing this everyone. Click the image below to go directly to the…
3Blue1Brown YouTube Channel Avi LOVES Math! Especially complex math concepts! My son Avi (who will turn 16 years old in January!) does a huge chunk of his learning via YouTube, but it’s not because of the pandemic and the need for distance learning – it is because he has a diagnosed brain injury with a…
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,…
When tested with an XRF Instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings: Food-surface of the dish 60-second test: Lead (Pb): 23,700 +/- 600 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 6 ppm Chromium (Cr): 7,667 +/- 508 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 95 +/- 46 ppm Zinc (Zn): 3,600 +/- 130 ppm Copper (Cu): 73 +/- 35…
When tested with an XRF Instrument this dish had the following readings: On the food surface of the dish: 60-second test Lead (Pb): 18,400 +/- 500 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 16 +/- 7 ppm Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 43 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 131 +/- 45 ppm Tin (Sn): 494 +/- 26 ppm Zinc (Zn): 329 +/-…
XRF test results for the dish (Made in England) pictured: 60-second test Lead (Pb): 48,100 +/- 1,400 ppm Zinc (Zn): 5,335 +/- 183 ppm Iron (Fe): 1,752 +/- 196 ppm No other metals detected. As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions and…
When tested with an XRF Instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings: Food surface of the bowl 60-second reading: Lead (Pb): 57,500 +/- 1,700 ppm Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 56 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 1,420 +/- 56 ppm Nickel (Ni): 539 +/- 86 ppm Cobalt (Co): 201 +/- 80 ppm Iron (Fe): 541 +/-…
XRF readings for the dish picture here: Food surface of the dish: 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 21 +/- 9 ppm Zinc (Zn): 34,000 +- 700 ppm Iron (Fe): 618 +/- 108 ppm No other metals detected. As always, thank you for reading and sharing our work. Please let me know if you have any…
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…
XRF test results for the vase pictured here: 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 136 +/- 15 ppm Barium (Ba): 97 +/- 27 ppm Bromine (Br): 17 +/- 3 ppm Zinc (Zn): 33 +/- 15 ppm As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions. Tamara…
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…
Lead Safe Mama’s Amazon affiliate links for Amazon Prime Day Deals – October 2020: I will update this post periodically throughout the day – so definitely check back! My promise to you: I am only including on this list products I would normally recommend! While I may not have personally tested all of these exact…
XRF reading for the black plastic of the pipe: 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 164 +/- 15 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 16 +/- 4 ppm Zinc (Zn): 644 +/- 41 ppm Iron (Fe): 1,192 +/- 142 ppm Indium (In): 20 +/- 6 ppm Titanium (Ti): 290 +/- 110 ppm Wooden bowl of pipe 60-second reading Lead (Pb):…
XRF Test results on white unglazed portion of bowl: 60-second test Bismuth (Bi): 42 +/- 17 ppm Barium (Ba): 424 +/- 54 ppm Iron (Fe): 4,752 +/- 473 ppm Vanadium (V): 217 +/- 67 ppm Titanium (Ti): 1,368 +/- 168 ppm On portion of bowl with clear glazed finish. 60-second test Barium (Ba): 123 +/-…
XRF reading on food surface of dish (yellow glaze area): 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 12,100 +/- 1,000 ppm Tin (Sn): 57,300 +/- 3,600 ppm Barium (Ba): 2,841+/- 1,071 Bromine (Br): 146 +/- 64 ppm Zinc (Zn): 28,600 +/- 1,900 ppm Iron (Fe): 982 +/- 330 ppm Titanium (Ti): 1,733 +/- 191 ppm XRF reading on…
XRF reading on food surface of dish (cream speckled background area): 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 31 +/- 11 ppm Barium (Ba): 74 +/- 31 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 4,147 +/- 99 ppm Platinum (Pt): 189 +/- 74 ppm Zinc (Zn): 16,300 +/- 400 ppm Copper (Cu): 189 +/- 36 ppm Iron (Fe): 2,066 +/- 180 ppm…
XRF reading on food surface of dish (white glaze area): 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 341 +/- 35 ppm Barium (Ba): 275 +/- 62 Zirconium (Zr): 28,700 +/- 1,000 ppm Platinum (Pt): 709 +/- 171 ppm Zinc (Zn): 57,000 +/- 1,500 ppm Copper (Cu): 548 +/- 66 ppm Iron (Fe): 2,049 +/- 218 ppm Titanium (Ti):…
XRF reading for the chair pictured. 60-second test Lead (Pb): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect As always, please let me know if you have any questions; I will do my best to answer them personally as soon as I have a moment. Thank you…
Published: October 12, 2020 Updated: April 13, 2022 Cadmium is considered unsafe for children at levels of 40 ppm and up. Internationally, there are a variety of limits for Cadmium content in items intended for use by children (with the range depending both on product type and location of the legislation), however, there is…
Monday, October 12, 2020 Writing to you from a cabin in Maine (on a lake in the forest!) I am SO EXCITED that these Flintstones glass mugs (from McDonald’s) are definitely Lead-free! Before I had my first child, my boyfriend at the time had collected a full set of these for me. I don’t have…
Monday, October 12, 2020 Writing to you from a cabin in Maine (on a lake in the forest!) My son bought this recently at an antique store. I thought it might be ok, so I let him buy it. I guess I was wrong. #Sigh.I used to have a whole collection of these types of…
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…
Saturday – October 10, 2020 Writing to you today from a cabin on a lake in a forest in MAINE! In an effort to get caught up on a few things I am behind on – I am going to post a handful of posts today with just the XRF readings for that item. IF…
Saturday – October 10, 2020 Writing to you today from a cabin on a lake in a forest in MAINE! In an effort to get caught up on a few things I am behind on – I am going to post a handful of posts today with just the XRF readings for that item. IF…