December 23, 2022 – Friday A request for YOUR help TODAY Do you want to support this work in a simple and free way? Here’s how (& why) to do that this week! Here’s the “why now“: Lead Safe Mama, LLC relies on advertising income (on our website) to cover a significant portion of the cost…
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 sent…
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 Shop last month — because…
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” of educated-guessing we sometimes play for dark “fun” with…
Wednesday – December 7, 2022 The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC is shared with you to help you make SCIENCE-BASED decisions for your family. We provide SCIENCE-BASED information FREE FROM industry or government influence (and FREE of charge) on the LeadSafeMama.com website! What you choose to do with that information is up to you….
November 20, 2022 – Sunday Here’s what I just posted on social media: For my birthday today I am going to Notre Dame (in Paris) to test the soil and surrounding area for Lead. I am so geeky excited about this. I can’t wait to learn about how the fire impacted the surrounding areas. I…
October 14, 2022 – Friday I bought these as a possible gift for one of my adult sons [he just got his ears pierced this summer for his birthday, and they seemed like a cute addition to his small collection of understated earrings!] They were purchased in a gift shop on a Canadian ferry in October…
October 3, 2022 – Monday This is a glass purchased at Pottery Barn in 2022. It did test positive for trace levels of Antimony and Lead. Here’s the direct link to this glass on Pottery Barn’s website. In general, I do not like the company Pottery Barn – as they have a history of producing toxic…
![Final Numbers for August 2022: #BestAugustEver at LeadSafeMama.com [9th Best Month Of All Time!]](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Final-August-2022-Numbers-768x768.png)
September 13, 2022 – Tuesday Highlights – Final Numbers for August 2022 Scroll down below the first two images for a summary of highlights for August 2022 Since I have been on the road, and dealing with the nonsense/distractions related to the #LeadSafeMamaMobile breaking down in Connecticut two weeks ago – I haven’t had a moment to…
August 30, 2022 – Tuesday Highlights Today August 2022 officially became the #BestAugustEver in terms of the reach and impact of the work here at LeadSafeMama.com This continues the trend for 2022 (as #BestYearEver) This is the sixth month this year that has landed in the Top Ten Months of All Time here on LeadSafeMama.com…
Wednesday – August 24, 2022 When you are running a grassroots movement like this, you have to be the one to share about the milestones that are reached and the progress that is made — no one else is gonna do it! Accordingly, I must share the good news… possibly, the most exciting milestone to…
XRF test result for the crystal knob pictured. Oh – the “irony”! Reading #1) on the brass of the knob 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 23,400 +/- 900 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Tin (Sn): 5,070 +/- 210 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Antimony (Sb): non-detect Nickel…
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Reading #1) on the brass of the horse 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 26,500 +/- 900 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Tin (Sn): 5,698 +/- 220 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Antimony (Sb): 401 +/- 96 ppm Nickel (Ni): 3,487 +/- 236 ppm Copper (Cu): 592,600 +/- 2,400 ppm…
Reading #1) on the brass of the horse 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 41,400 +/- 1,100 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 1,526 +/- 113 ppm Tin (Sn): 8,218 +/- 258 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Antimony (Sb): 940 +/- 125 ppm Nickel (Ni): 7,429 +/- 306 ppm Copper (Cu): 541,800…
Tuesday – August 02, 2022 Some highlights from July 2022 9th best month ever! “Best July Ever” too (the previous #BestJulyEver was in 2020 with 241,026 page views) 5th month of 2022 that has landed in the “Top Ten Months Of All Time” The 9th month (ever) with over 300,000 unique page views in one…
Thursday – July 28, 2022 Thank you to each and every one of you who helped make achieving this milestone happen! Check out the graphs and charts below for all the details. I’m not going to take a lot of time writing here right now because I have some very exciting news to share and…
July 26, 2022 – Tuesday (wee hours of the morning) Our previous #BestJulyEver was July of 2020 with 241,026 views for the month by the end of the day July 31, 2020. July 2022 passed that number yesterday (7/25) and is the #BestJulyEver now, and there are still 6 days left in the month… so…
July 21, 2022 – Thursday Hi all — exciting news here (I just haven’t had a moment to post this update)… On Tuesday 7/19 we passed 3,500,000 unique page views for the year, so far! Other July 2022 highlights: It looks like this is going to be the #BestJulyEver here at LeadSafeMama.com, with over 300,000…
Published: July 12, 2022 – Tuesday If you are shopping on Amazon Prime Day 2022, please consider starting by first clicking on a Lead Safe Mama, LLC affiliate link. In this way we will receive a percentage of what you spend (at no extra cost to you) in support of our independent consumer goods testing…
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)…
Lead Safe Mama, LLC will have a booth at Astoria Park on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in conjunction with the NYC Department of Sanitation Safe Disposal Event happening that day. Here is the information for the Safe Disposal Event: Click this link for the event details / to register for the Safe Disposal event. Continue…
June 2, 2022 – Thursday Thank you friends for making May 2022 the #BestMonthEver at LeadSafeMama.com! We had 1,666,470 page views in a single month – which is absolutely amazing (if only this were sustainable – lol… perhaps it is!?!) 3 of our top ten months of all time have been in 2022! We had…
Sunday – May 30, 2022 Since these numbers keep going up, I will update this graphic one more time with final numbers for May of 2022 – but I wanted to make sure to share this here in the meantime! Thank you for your ongoing support of this work, it makes a difference. Please scroll…
May 23, 2022 – Monday Today the LeadSafeMama.com website had more page views than we have had in MOST MONTHS! The graphics below speak for themselves. I want to thank the Department of Public Health in the State of New Hampshire for sharing about our work this past Friday. Their share set off the flurry activity that generated this 100%…