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Vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker: 180 ppm Lead in the food surface + 14,000 ppm Lead in the power cord.

June 28, 2020June 29, 2020

Published: Sunday – June 28, 2020 When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument in “Consumer Goods” mode, the vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker with brown glaze pictured above had the readings listed below. Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She…

Braun MultiQuick Hand Blender / Food Processor: Lead Free in All Accessible Components (no Lead detected via XRF.)

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019

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For the record, and as an example of the complexity of some of the XRF testing I do, this Braun multi-function handheld blender/food processor was a very challenging, extremely time-consuming item to test — with more than 24 separate XRF-accessible elements [and an even more, inaccessible components]. It also features a variety of different substrates [testing jargon…

#AskTamara: Which crock pots do you recommend? Which slow cookers are Lead-free?

June 15, 2019April 12, 2024

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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…

KitchenAid is developing a bit of a reputation – Vintage (1990s?) Superba Fridge: 1,646 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe.]

June 14, 2019December 9, 2022

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Published: June 14, 2019 I think this is one of my most disturbing recent finds… For context, today (in 2019) the amount of Lead (as detectable with an XRF instrument) that is considered unsafe in items made for use by children is 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the surface paint, finish or coating or…

Email I sent to VitaClay via their website (in response to finding Lead in their “Lead-free” product).

November 26, 2018February 7, 2024

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Published: November 26, 2018 Note: we are not aware of any changes made by VitaClay in response to this communication (in response to the testing & reporting done by Lead Safe Mama, LLC). Our communication to VitaClay: Hello. Your Lead-free VitaClay slow cookers have tested positive for Lead. I am the person who did the…

Another “Lead-free” product tests positive for Lead. VitaClay Chef Slow Cooker: 70,400 ppm Lead — read on for more info.

November 25, 2018January 7, 2024

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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…

Recommended Small Appliances: New Vitamixes

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018

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Please read and share this post! Thank you. To share this post on Facebook, Click Here.- – HELLO! People keep asking me about appliances… – I have tested several versions of this newer model of Vitamix — and ALL of the accessible components (including the cord and knobs) were *lead-free* when tested with an XRF…

KitchenAid Slow Cooker Black Ceramic Liner (Glazed Surface): 386 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe in items for kids)

January 18, 2017December 29, 2023

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KitchenAid — 386 ppm Lead (slow cooker). 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…