Wednesday – December 1, 2021 This post is for “R” at Facebook – who is going to try to help me get to the bottom of this issue (I wanted him to have all of the considerations in one place – with links, and graphics, and everything!) I have also removed all advertising from this post…
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…
Updated Graphic: 11/29 Updated Graphic: 11/28 – 3:08 p.m. Updated Graphic: 11/28 – 2:45 p.m. Original Graphic: 11/28 – 12:02 p.m. OMGosh! November 2021 just became #BestNovemberEver on the Lead Safe Mama website (a couple of minutes ago!) AMAZING! Thank YOU for sharing this work and helping to amplify the reach and impact of the…
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…
11/27/2021- Saturday Lead Safe Mama Stats Update…. It’s kind of fun watching the numbers crawl up – back towards “normal” (pre-pandemic normal) as we approach the end of the year! Right now it looks like this November will at least close out the month as the 7th #BestMonthEver in the history of this website (and…
Screenshot (above) from Black Oxygen’s website before it was taken down this week. Thursday — November 26, 2021 Hello! I expect a lot of people who will be reading this article may be new to my work, so I will start with a bit of an introduction and some context for how my testing of…
Antimony content in stuffed animals, fabric and polyfil is not regulated (as far as I understand.) Antimony is pervasive throughout plastics in our environment – from plastic food packaging to plastic-based (synthetic) fabrics to plastic stuffings in stuffed items (like dolls, pillows and quilts.) Click this link to read more about the concern for Antimony…
Antimony content in stuffed animals, fabric and polyfil is not regulated (as far as I understand.) Antimony is pervasive throughout plastics in our environment – from plastic food packaging to plastic-based (synthetic) fabrics to plastic stuffings in stuffed items (like dolls, pillows and quilts.) Click this link to read more about the concern for Antimony…
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…
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)…
Antimony content in stuffed animals, fabric and polyfil is not regulated (as far as I understand.) Antimony is pervasive throughout plastics in our environment – from plastic food packaging to plastic-based (synthetic) fabrics to plastic stuffings in stuffed items (like dolls, pillows and quilts.) Click this link to read more about the concern for Antimony…
Antimony content in stuffed animals, fabric and polyfil is not regulated (as far as I understand.) Antimony is pervasive throughout plastics in our environment – from plastic food packaging to plastic-based (synthetic) fabrics to plastic stuffings in stuffed items (like dolls, pillows and quilts.) Click this link to read more about the concern for Antimony…
Reading #1) 60-second test on exterior surface of fabric Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): 33 +/- 2 ppm Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 110 +/- 13 ppm Copper (Cu): 141 +/- 8 ppm Zinc (Zn): 41 +/- 4 ppm Titanium (Ti): 722 +/- 123 ppm Antimony (Sb): 40 +/-…
11/20/2021- Saturday In the wee hours yesterday (12:05 a.m. on Friday – 11/19/2021) I took the screenshot below to mark that on 11/17 we had passed 10,500,000 unique all-time views here on LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com. Then, later in the day yesterday afternoon, the second image (below) showed up in my Facebook feed – from exactly…
Please start by watching the short video I made about this product: Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention. 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…
https://amzn.to/3Hx0gR3 [Today’s affiliate link for you to use to start any Amazon shopping you may be doing for the holidays!] And a little story to go with it!… So…. we heard a rat (we initially thought it might be a squirrel) in our wall for a couple of days this past week (ah – the “Benefits”…
When tested with an XRF instrument the blue paint on this milk bottle had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 13,400 +/- 100 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 193 +/- 5 ppm Mercury (Hg): 14 +/- 8 ppm Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 190 +/- 40 ppm Cobalt (Co): 4,126 +/- 82 ppm Zinc (Zn):…
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…
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…
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…
Reading #1) Center of Food Surface 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 25 +/- 4 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 7 +/- 2 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 968 +/- 53 ppm Copper (Cu): 90 +/- 11 ppm Zinc (Zn): 329 +/- 13 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 318 +/- 5 ppm Tin (Sn):…
Here’s a screenshot of the full listing for these on Amazon (you can click it to see it “in the wild.” BUT DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! 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…
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. 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…
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. 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…