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December 2023 Amazon Picks: Lead-Free Toy Suggestions, Part #1

December 10, 2023December 19, 2023

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2023 is officially the BEST YEAR EVER here at Lead Safe Mama, LLC (plus a projection for December)!

December 5, 2023January 1, 2024

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This is an ad-free post. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. Tuesday — December 5, 2023 Hey all! Such a busy day today (so much going on)… Earlier this morning, we had our long-anticipated hearing scheduled for today (in our Federal Civil Rights…

Final Numbers for November 2023, Best November Ever for Reach & Impact of the Work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC!

December 5, 2023December 16, 2023

Tuesday — December 5, 2023 Two important images are included with this post: The first image (above) is our final outreach numbers for November 2023. The second image (below) shows our final outreach numbers from one year ago, side by side with this year! I don’t know who else looks at these graphics that…

Thank you for your support in November (2023!)

December 5, 2023December 16, 2023

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November 2023 is the best November ever for reach & impact of the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC!

November 23, 2023December 5, 2023

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Thursday — November 23, 2023 Milestone after milestone! This month has been so great! First, we passed 5,000,000 unique page views for the year (which means nearly 25% of our page views across all years have happened THIS YEAR alone!), then (yesterday morning) November 2023 became the “Best November Ever” for reach and…

November 2023 Amazon Picks: Lead-Free Choices #2

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

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Mischief Managed! Lead Safe Mama dot com passed 5,000,000 unique page views for the year!

November 19, 2023November 23, 2023

Sunday — November 19, 2023 And so… this happened! (This has only ever happened once before — in mid-December of 2022!) Thanks for your support, everyone. Please keep reading and sharing Lead Safe Mama articles — I would love to keep building this movement this year (protecting children from Lead exposure and informing families…

November 2023 Amazon Picks: Lead-Free Choices

November 19, 2023November 22, 2023

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We are almost to 5,000,000 unique page views for the year!

November 18, 2023November 19, 2023

Saturday — November 18, 2023 Hello everyone! Tomorrow we will pass 5,000,000 unique page view for the year, with still more than 42 days left to go till the end of 2023! I would LOVE for LeadSafeMama.com/ TamaraRubin.com to reach (or pass?) 6,000,000 page views by the end of the year if at all…

Monday is my 54th Birthday. Here’s an update on my Federal Civil Rights case.

November 17, 2023November 18, 2023

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This is an ad-free post. Friday — November 17, 2023 Hello friends! Monday (November 20th) is my 54th birthday! It’s not a particularly remarkable birthday (as far as numbers go), but for me the remarkable thing about it is that it marks yet another year of my ongoing Federal civil rights legal battle (in…

The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC was highlighted in The Guardian this month: November 2023!

November 9, 2023August 5, 2024

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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…

October 2023 Amazon Picks: Lead-free reusable glass baby food jars

October 16, 2023November 19, 2023

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Lead Safe Mama YouTube Interview With Fern (on McDonald’s glassware), Published September 28, 2023 (video)

September 29, 2023April 1, 2024

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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…

Find out about product recalls MONTHS before they happen

August 28, 2023May 15, 2024

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Clearance testing for Lead: What is clearance testing? What is a dust wipe sample? How do you collect and analyze a Lead dust sample?

June 16, 2023November 18, 2024

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This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution and help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. 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…

Is your artificial Christmas tree safe? XRF test results for 2020 Home Depot artificial Christmas tree sample (& guidelines for choosing a safer tree)

June 5, 2023November 5, 2024

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More Christmas Buttons (Article & Category Links) 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…

My favorite organic coffee… & some thoughts related to choosing safer/ low-Lead/ Lead-free foods

March 17, 2023November 15, 2023

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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 used…

Full XRF test results for a 2023-purchased Stanley 40 oz Flowstate Quencher H2.0 Tumbler

March 12, 2023December 11, 2024

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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,…

Here’s a Change.org petition demanding KitchenAid stop selling Lead-contaminated products

January 22, 2023December 24, 2023

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lead Poisoning Prevention (@leadsafemama) Screenshot of our Facebook post from August 10, 2014: January 22, 2023 — Sunday The following letter has been written to use with a…

Scene about Lead in chocolate & wine (filmed in February of 2012) from MisLEAD:America’s Secret Epidemic (a documentary.)

December 29, 2022May 9, 2024

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December 29, 2022 – Thursday Below is the final scene of the documentary feature film that I directed and produced, MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic about the epidemic of Lead poisoning in America today. This scene is about Lead in Chocolate (& Wine!). The scene was filmed in Boston, Mass in February of 2012 (more than…

Corelle: Are your vintage dishes safe for use with food? Probably not.

December 10, 2022April 4, 2024

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Why do some stainless steel cookware items have a “Prop 65” warning? Isn’t stainless steel non-toxic?

August 19, 2022March 29, 2024

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CORELLE (Instant Brands) confirms (but downplays) presence of Leaded glaze used for food surface decorations on vintage dishware

August 9, 2022May 15, 2024

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Alternate title: Hey, CORELLE (Instant Brands)… “Were you lying then, or are you lying now?” (Maybe a little of both? See the history of their statements on the subject, below.) This is an ad-free article. We have removed advertisements from this article to make it easier for you to read. If you would…

WHY I do the consumer goods testing I do (& WHY, unfortunately, you cannot do this at home)…

May 20, 2022October 22, 2024

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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,…