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But is this dish or toy or lamp or vitamin or piece of jewelry (or Tibetan brass singing bowl!) ACTUALLY going to poison me? And how would that happen, exactly?

The “Heavy Metals in Baby Food” conversation simplified. What parents need to know.

Q. I want to buy some nontoxic cookware — which pots and pans are the safest for cooking? Which pots and pans are the least toxic?

“Lead-Free/ Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan (From Our Place) tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 other metals using XRF technology

Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.

A reporter asked me this question yesterday: “Why aren’t children getting tested for Lead?” Here’s my answer (comparison to COVID-19)

Hello! I’m here to ruin Christmas for you! Do you know how toxic your Christmas decorations are? (This is actually a guide for having a safer Christmas holiday!)

Harvest Hill Press mug: 10,300 ppm Lead on the purple flowers. 404 ppm Cadmium in the birdhouse.

How much Lead is in salt? Which salt is safest to use for cooking? Is Himalayan salt safe?

This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like on a stainless steel water bottle. Please read the full piece if you have questions.

How the Lead industry deliberately utilized systemic racism to deflect blame for poisoning generations of children

1980s white Corelle bowl: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free.

I don’t do what I do to instill fear. I do what I do to educate, so YOU can make informed choices for your family.

I heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not considered “real” or “useful” results. Why is this?

Mattress / Bedding Overview Post: Are there toxic chemicals in my bed? Is my mattress toxic!??

Folks have been asking if Lead in vintage books is a real poisoning concern. Here’s my response.

Corelle® recommends using their pre-2005 dishes as “decorative pieces” due to concerns of high Lead levels

Vintage Corelle Butterfly Gold glass plate: 18,700 ppm Lead on decorative pattern when tested with an XRF instrument

#NLR (Not Lead-Related): Please don’t ever buy peanut butter packaged in plastic “jars”

#AskTamara: Which dishes are Lead-free? Pioneer Woman? Wedgwood? Franciscan? Blue Willow? Fiestaware? Heath?

#AskTamara: Which mugs are Lead-free? How can I tell if my mug has unsafe levels of Lead? Which mugs do you use?

Which salt do you use in your kitchen, Tamara? (Hint: Pink Himalayan salt is among the highest Lead content salts!)

How much Lead is in YOUR new Starbucks mug? Golden Ceramic Mug: 15,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

Think twice before wrapping a baby in poison for the holiday pics. Christmas lights can be 15,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe).