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February 2023 Yahoo News piece covering the stories of 3 Lead Safe Mama community families

February 2023 Yahoo News piece covering the stories of 3 Lead Safe Mama community families

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       Article Published: February 10, 2023 Written by: Korin Miller for Yahoo News Click the image below to read the full article. 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…

Bindle Bottle Recalled for Lead Poisoning Risk (Covered by Consumer Reports) — February 17, 2023

Bindle Bottle Recalled for Lead Poisoning Risk (Covered by Consumer Reports) — February 17, 2023

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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…

CBS News covered Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work on the Bindle Bottle issue. Read the article here!

CBS News covered Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work on the Bindle Bottle issue. Read the article here!

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From the article: February 11, 2023 – Saturday Click the image below to read the full article on CBS News’ website. Click this link to read all Bindle Bottle related articles on this website.

Consumer Reports did a follow up piece about the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC (their second piece this month!) Read it here!

Consumer Reports did a follow up piece about the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC (their second piece this month!) Read it here!

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From the article: February 11, 2023 – Saturday Click the image below to read the article on Consumer Reports’ website. Click this link to read all Bindle Bottle related articles on this website.

This is just one example of the impact that good honest journalism can have (vs. the “yellow” journalism we normally see!)

This is just one example of the impact that good honest journalism can have (vs. the “yellow” journalism we normally see!)

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Wednesday – February 1, 2023 Yesterday I started seeing some early feedback online in response to the current Consumer Reports Magazine article – feedback that was so heart-warming, I just wanted to share some of it with you all! It really reflects the impact good journalism can have – especially in a journalistic climate when…

The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC is featured in the March 2023 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine!

The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC is featured in the March 2023 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine!

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Here’s the direct link to the story on Consumer Reports’ website (published online 2/2/2023). Wednesday – February 1, 2023 Updated: February 2, 2023 Well, this is an amazing way to start out the month! The above image is “page one” of the Consumer Reports Magazine article featuring my advocacy work. The magazine landed in mailboxes…

Smithsonian Magazine: The Toxic Truth Behind Mardi Gras Beads, an article from 2017.

Smithsonian Magazine: The Toxic Truth Behind Mardi Gras Beads, an article from 2017.

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My “favorite” quote from the article: To see several sets of Mardi Gras beads that I have tested, Click Here. Smithsonian Magazine Article Published: March 8, 2017 By: David Redmon “Every year, 25 million pounds of plastic beads made by Chinese factory workers get dumped on the streets of New Orleans. Shiny, colorful bead necklaces,…

Another family story shared in response to this week’s article on Mayim Bialik’s Grok Nation.

Another family story shared in response to this week’s article on Mayim Bialik’s Grok Nation.

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Mama Kim B. shared the following today in post (with a link to the Grok Nation article): DID YOU KNOW: This week is Lead Poisoning Awareness Week! If you have, work with, or are planning to have children, please take a moment to read this important information! Before Simon was born, I spend HOURS researching…

Check out Mayim Bailik’s GrokNation.com today for an article I wrote about childhood lead poisoning.

Check out Mayim Bailik’s GrokNation.com today for an article I wrote about childhood lead poisoning.

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I am excited to share that the article I wrote for Mayim Bialik’s GrokNation.com was published today (10/22/2018) for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. I shared the article on Facebook earlier today and my friend Christina re-shared it with the following comment that I wanted to also share with all of you: As I read…

Check out GrokNation.com and stand by for an article written by “yours truly”!

Check out GrokNation.com and stand by for an article written by “yours truly”!

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Check out GrokNation.com and stand by for an article written by “Yours Truly”! I’m excited that language from one of my favorite books of all time has become part of the lexicon of our modern age. I think it is especially clever that Mayim Bialik adopted “Grok” for her new blog: GrokNation.com. If you have…

SafBaby.com “Why Lead In Dishes Is Not OK”

SafBaby.com “Why Lead In Dishes Is Not OK”

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Wow! Thank You to SafBaby.com — for writing this well-executed and comprehensive article on lead in dishes! Sincerely, I couldn’t have said/written this better myself! Click on the image below to read the full article. Published April 15, 2018 Why Lead In Dishes Is Not OK According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the health impacts from…

Portland Tribune Article Today: Vaccine Choice

Portland Tribune Article Today: Vaccine Choice

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This article (linked below) was written by a friend of mine about a family we took into our home for several months last year (after their baby was illegally taken from them in the hospital.) This.Is.Personal. & children are NOT being protected by these illegal, yet (ostensibly) government sanctioned actions. Said another way; children are…

Article Series: Loaded With Lead, Seattle Times – October 2014

Article Series: Loaded With Lead, Seattle Times – October 2014

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“Lead poisoning is a major threat at America’s shooting ranges, perpetuated by owners who’ve repeatedly violated laws even after workers have fallen painfully ill.” From the article: “A confused 38-year-old father in Kentucky rarely crawled out of bed. A conservation volunteer in Iowa lost feeling in his hands and feet. A 5-year-old girl in South…

Check out this very well written article on the surprising danger of Bentonite Clay

Check out this very well written article on the surprising danger of Bentonite Clay

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Here’s a quote pulled from the article linked below: “Many have shared how bentonite clay has helped their digestion or skin symptoms. The reasons why it may have helped seemed plausible to me, and I don’t doubt that many have had positive experiences. Since I’ve never seen much research either way, I never thought too…

My response to The Salt’s article on lead in crock pots.

My response to The Salt’s article on lead in crock pots.

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Dear NPR/ The Salt / @NPRFood & Natalie Jacewicz, Please make this correction on your crockpot article dated 12/8/2017: YOU CANNOT use a home lead test kit to test a mass manufactured crock pot for lead. The limit of detection (low threshold) in the home kits is 600 ppm lead and the amount of lead…

How Important Is Lead Poisoning to Becoming a Legendary Artist?

How Important Is Lead Poisoning to Becoming a Legendary Artist?

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This article originally appeared in “The Atlantic” in November of 2013. “In 1713, Italian physician Bernardinus Ramazzini described in his De Morbis Artificum Diatriba a mysterious set of symptoms he was noticing among artists: ‘Of the many painters I have known, almost all I found unhealthy … If we search for the cause of the…

Scientific Study: Potential Hazard of Lead in Decorated Glassware

Scientific Study: Potential Hazard of Lead in Decorated Glassware

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Published: November 23, 2017 Here’s a direct link to the study on PubMed. Click the image below to read the full article shown below from IFL Science! “Dr Andrew Turner of the University of Plymouth, UK tested a range of glass products used for storing liquids, both new and second hand. These included tumblers, beer…

Did Toxic Rum Kill These 19th Century British Soldiers

Did Toxic Rum Kill These 19th Century British Soldiers

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Original Article Published in Forbes May 11, 2016 “During the French Revolutionary Wars in the late 18th century, the British military was deployed to take over French possessions in the West Indies, and another West Indies campaign from 1804-1810 during the Napoleonic Wars saw the British military taking over the Caribbean. These campaigns were not without…