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November 2024 Laboratory Report for Bobbie Organic Gentle Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron

November 18, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: More good news! This product tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic! Scroll down to see the full lab report for the product pictured. We will be adding this product to our list of cleaner foods below! Here’s the link to purchase it from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YYb849 Note: funding…

365 Whole Foods Market Organic Italian Balsamic Vinegar Tests Positive for Lead & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 18, 2024December 19, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second vinegar product we have tested. The first was the Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (lab report here). As anticipated this Balsamic vinegar did test positive for a higher level of Lead than the Apple Cider Vinegar. We intend to test more vinegar products as we…

365 Whole Foods Market Organic Sea Salt Potato Chips Test Positive for Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 18, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second type of organic potato chips we have tested. The organic chips are testing positive for toxicants consistent with the levels found in non-organic potato chips. You can see more of the test results for the potato chips we have tested here on this link. Please…

Organic Humble Potato Chips in Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar Flavor Test Positive for Cadmium & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 18, 2024December 16, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We were really excited to test our first organic potato chips. We had high hopes tihs product would test better than the non-organic versions, but this wasn’t to be the case. Scroll down to see the full lab report for this product. Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns…

CauliPuffs Cauliflower Snack in White Cheddar Flavor Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 17, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given this is a partially rice-based product (see the ingredient panel above), these test results are not surprising (see a full lab report below, as well as a sharable graphic showing an assessment of the levels when compared to the proposed safety thresholds for products that young children may…

One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Brown Rice Crisps Test Positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic: 2024 Laboratory Report

November 17, 2024December 16, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Did you have this for breakfast? I hope not! Yikes. This is sad and more-than-a-bit upsetting. We were so thrilled with our independent, third-party lab test results for the One Degree Organic Oats (linked here), that I am sure there were many holding out for the possibility this breakfast…

A Comprehensive Plan for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Initiatitves: 2025-2028

November 15, 2024November 18, 2024

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As shared on Instagram November 15, 2024 Last Updated: November 16, 2024 DRAFT IN-PROGRESS: Here’s a list for Lead Poisoning Prevention Initiatives that could be implemented in the next four years (with a little collaboration, conversation, and enforcement)! I will be working on this over the next couple of days (in response to…

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As published on Facebook November 15, 2024 https://tamararubin.com/2024/07/lead-safe-mamas-landing-page-for-lab-tested-safer-foods/ <<< This article includes a list of the 25 products (foods and supplements) linked below that have tested “non-detect” for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic with independent, third-party, crowd-funded laboratory testing coordinated by Lead Safe Mama, LLC (an Oregon-based small business with a unique community-collaborative…

Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Original Sea Salt Potato Chips Test Positive for Cadmium (and traces of Arsenic): November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 14, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: All of the potato chips that Lead Safe Mama, LLC has sent to the lab for testing this year (2024) have tested positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium. Cadmium is a known carcinogen. We’ll be writing a summary discussing the concerns for Cadmium in Potato Chips (“America’s Number…

365 Whole Foods Market Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Mediterranean, Cold Processed) Tests Positive Lead: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 14, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the first olive oil product we have sent to the lab for testing so far and we really had no idea what to expect. While the Lead level is relatively low (at 5 ppb, see the lab report at the bottom of this article), I do want…

Kiki Milk Organic Plant-Based Milk in Chocolate Flavor Tests Positive for an Unsafe Level of Cadmium: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While the Kiki Milk in “Original Flavor” tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic (see the lab report here), we were not surprised to learn that the chocolate milk version of this product tested positive for unsafe levels of toxicants (and specifically, for an unsafe level of Cadmium)….

Plantation Blackstrap Unsulphured Molasses Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Based on the research available to date, we anticipated this product would test positive for unsafe levels of Lead but wanted to quantify the concern for ourselves. We chose to start our molasses testing with this brand as it is the most popular and well-known brand historically in the…

Tend Daily Prenatal Vitamin Bar For Mama + Baby in Lemon Berry Flavor Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Another prenatal vitamin has tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic after independent, third-party laboratory testing that Lead Safe Mama, LLC coordinated. We have not yet found a single prenatal vitamin that tested “non-detect” for toxicants. To see all of the prenatal vitamins we have sent in for laboratory…

Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal Whole Food Multivitamin (Nutritional Support for Mom & Baby) by Garden of Life tests positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Another unsafe prenatal vitamin. We have not yet found a single prenatal vitamin that tested “non-detect” for toxicants. To see all of the prenatal vitamins we have sent in for laboratory testing, click here. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent…

Kendamil Organic Infant Formula, Milk-Based Powder (Cow Milk) – Purchased at Target Online: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the fourth infant formula product we have tested that has tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic. Please note the low threshold of detection for each of these reports when comparing to other similar reports conducted by other agencies or organizations. The full lab report for…

Laird Superfood Coconut Superfood Creamer +Adaptogens, Unsweetened: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: And yet ANOTHER safer choice! This Laird Superfood non-dairy creamer came back “non-detect” for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic when sent to the lab for independent testing. Here’s the link to this non-dairy creamer product on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4fn2QJS For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin…

Kiki Milk Organic Plant-Based Milk in Original Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Here’s yet another safer choice! In a moment (shortly after we publish this article) we will be publishing the test results for the “Chocolate Milk” flavor of this product. The Chocolate flavor did NOT test well as it tested positive for toxicants at a level that is not safe…

Chameleon Organic Handcrafted Cold-Brew Super Concentrated Black Coffee: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 20, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Here’s another safer choice! We’re on a roll (this is so exciting!) This is the SECOND coffee product that we have sent to the lab for testing (to date) that has tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic – joining the company of Death Wish Organic Espresso Roast…

Organic Valley Grassmilk Half & Half: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 13, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I am sure a LOT of people are very happy to learn that this product tested clean! This is the SECOND dairy product we tested (outside of infant formula)! Here’s a link to the first one we tested (which tested positive for Lead). Please scroll down to see the…

Extraordinary (& outrageous!) Test Results for Now Organic Kelp Pure Powder Super Green Supplement: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 12, 2024December 10, 2024

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Batch info for the product we tested: Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Wow. Just… Wow. Scroll down to see the lab report for this product (at the bottom of this page). If you have been using this product, we encourage you to consider stopping use immediately. Please also contact your doctor and ask if…

25 safer choices! – November 12, 2024

November 12, 2024November 15, 2024

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This is a list of 25 products (foods & supplements) that have tested “non-detect” for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic with independent, 3rd party, crowd-funded, laboratory testing coordinated by Lead Safe Mama, LLC (an Oregon-based small business with a unique community-collaborative business model and a focus on consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning…

XRF Test Result for Small (Single Serving Size) La Fermière Blue Glazed (Red Ceramic) Yogurt Crock (2024)

November 8, 2024November 18, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This company has done an excellent job in sourcing Lead-free glaze for their yogurt cups! With multiple extended tests on different sections of the glazed areas, the cup registered as “Lead-Free” (non-detect for Lead, with the limits of detection of the XRF instrument), even though the bare red clay…

Cavendish & Harvey (Made in Germany) Wild Berry Drops: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 8, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I was excited to see the test results for this product (which is made in Germany). This was one of my favorite candies as a child and it will continue to be a favorite for a special treat now that the results came back “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury,…

That’s it. Fruit Bars in 1 Apple + 10 Cherries Flavor Tests Positive for Trace Arsenic (at level considered safe by all standards): November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 8, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This product tested positive for very low levels of Arsenic. The level of Arsenic found is considered safe by ALL standards, including those proposed in the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021. Here’s a link to purchase this product (which is generally a safer choice): https://amzn.to/3AtkFYF For those new…