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#HomeDepot: Home Depot Accused of Unsafe Practices; Criminal Investigation Launched

#HomeDepot: Home Depot Accused of Unsafe Practices; Criminal Investigation Launched

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Click the image below to read the full article. Originally published on March 24, 2017. To support my advocacy work, please consider subscribing, chipping in with a one-time contribution here or contributing on GoFundMe here. Thank you!

#HomeDepot: EPA investigating The Home Depot Over Compliance with Lead-Paint Rule

#HomeDepot: EPA investigating The Home Depot Over Compliance with Lead-Paint Rule

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Click the image below to read the full article. Originally published on March 23, 2017. To support my advocacy work, please consider subscribing, chipping in with a one-time contribution here or contributing on GoFundMe here. Thank you!

Home Depot?  + The story of when (in 2007) I replaced the original Lead-painted windows in my historic (1905) home.

Home Depot? + The story of when (in 2007) I replaced the original Lead-painted windows in my historic (1905) home.

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Originally published on September 2, 2017 Historically, I have had “warm and fuzzy” feelings towards Home Depot in general. Over the years, in addition to shopping there for materials, shop tools and some home appliances, we have also used their Home Improvement Services for several projects. [Plus who doesn’t like credit with no interest for…

Across Los Angeles, toxic lead harms children in neighborhoods rich and poor

Across Los Angeles, toxic lead harms children in neighborhoods rich and poor

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Here is the article that I helped with (behind the scenes) this past month. [I helped connect the journalist with families in Los Angeles whose children had been exposed to lead hazards.]  A special thanks to my friends who took the time to chat with the reporter! The more personal stories we share about the issue,…

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 30, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any of…

Childhood Exposure To Lead Can Blunt IQ For Decades, Study Suggests

Childhood Exposure To Lead Can Blunt IQ For Decades, Study Suggests

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 28, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

Childhood Lead Exposure Can Change The Course Of A Life

Childhood Lead Exposure Can Change The Course Of A Life

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 29, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

Alabama to test all public schools’ drinking water for lead contamination

Alabama to test all public schools’ drinking water for lead contamination

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 22, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

After therapy dog refuses to drink, San Diego Unified finds lead in water

After therapy dog refuses to drink, San Diego Unified finds lead in water

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 24, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

6 Things You Should Never Buy at the Dollar Store

6 Things You Should Never Buy at the Dollar Store

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 26, 2017 If you want help, there are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any of…

Here’s Why the Environmental Protection Agency Was Created…

Here’s Why the Environmental Protection Agency Was Created…

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 22, 2017 If you want help, there are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any of…

Coverage of the #GreenSproutsSippyCupIssue by The Soft Landing

Coverage of the #GreenSproutsSippyCupIssue by The Soft Landing

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 From our friends at The Soft Landing (click the image below to read their full original post!) This story is from their website on Feb 27, 2017 Click here to support my advocacy work testing consumer goods for lead and working with parents of lead poisoned children. Click here for my recommendations for #SaferChoices for…

Dr. Mercola’s Coverage of the Green Sprouts Sippy Cup “Issue”

Dr. Mercola’s Coverage of the Green Sprouts Sippy Cup “Issue”

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Click the image below to read Dr. Joseph Mercola’s coverage of the Green Sprouts sippy cup situation. Dr. Mercola has made a few errors in his post and we let him know about this, hopefully he will update it soon! This story is from his website on Feb 27, 2017 Click here to support my…

From 2012, New York Times: High Lead Found in City-Sourced Eggs

From 2012, New York Times: High Lead Found in City-Sourced Eggs

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This is an article I was interviewed for back in 2012. Click on the image below for the full PDF of this article from 2012. Click HERE to see the original article on the New York Times website.

From 2013: The surprising source of most mercury pollution: Gold mining

From 2013: The surprising source of most mercury pollution: Gold mining

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Please click on the image below to see the full pdf of the article. Click here to see gold items that I have tested with an XRF that were also positive for mercury. The original link to article from 2013 can be seen here. A graphic depicting sources of mercury pollution from the original article…

My favorite article ever about the impact of low-level Lead exposure

My favorite article ever about the impact of low-level Lead exposure

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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…