Baby Bottles

This Glass NUK baby bottle tested positive for 24,000 ppm Lead (causes brain damage – 90 ppm & up is unsafe), 290 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer) + 64 ppm MERCURY. Why are we allowing this?

December 19, 2021July 7, 2023

Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Is your baby’s bottle painted with Lead Paint? This NUK glass baby bottle is. Made in Germany. Purchased in the U.S. on Amazon in 2021.

December 18, 2021April 7, 2023

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Jon Fishman (Drummer of Phish) Interview Clip – Link Here 90-second clip discussing Lead-paint in baby bottles with Jon. December 18, 2021 – Saturday (wee hours) In a pre-censorship world / pre-pandemic world (on social media? in the news?) I am certain that this would have gone viral. Why wouldn’t it go viral?! What is “this“?: Brand new…

4 oz clear glass evenflo baby bottle: Lead-free + 10 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards – full XRF test results in post

July 23, 2021July 6, 2023

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For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to…

Jon Fishman, drummer of the band Phish, chatting about Lead paint on baby bottles (video)

June 22, 2021January 15, 2023

90-second video clip! Jon Fishman, drummer of the band Phish (and parent of a kiddo who tested positive for Lead), chatting with me about the issue of Lead paint on baby bottles (90 second video): https://tamararubin.com/2021/06/warning-summer-2021-stop-using-nuk-brand-glass-baby-bottles-until-further-notice-lead-paint-found-in-exterior-decorations/

I created a couple of graphics for people to share on Instagram and elsewhere about the NUK baby bottles with Lead.

June 16, 2021April 13, 2023

June 16, 2021 – Wednesday You should be able to download these two images to your phone or drag them to your desktop if you are on a computer. Please share them (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) and include this link if at all possible: https://tamararubin.com/2021/06/warning-summer-2021-stop-using-nuk-brand-glass-baby-bottles-until-further-notice-lead-paint-found-in-exterior-decorations/ If you are as mad as I am about this,…

Today’s email to the Consumer Product Safety Commission re: Lead paint on NUK baby bottles.

June 16, 2021June 17, 2021

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 To Whom It May Concern at the CPSC: Back in 2018 I had an email exchange with Stephanee Synnott about this issue. Stephanee Synnott, Ph.D. Compliance Officer – Chemical Hazards Team Phone: 301-504-7847 On July 30, 2018 Stephanee emailed and told me that the team lead of the Chemical…

Warning (Summer 2021): Stop using NUK brand glass baby bottles until further notice — Lead paint found in exterior decorations.

June 15, 2021April 23, 2023

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Introduction Tamara Rubin is a multi-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses XRF testing (a scientific…

This Nerf Super Soaker XP20 water gun (sold at Target) was recalled — but BABY BOTTLES with greater Lead levels were NOT. Why?

December 12, 2020August 29, 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…

ANOTHER Lead-painted glass baby bottle – 2018 Nuk: 19,900 ppm Lead, 90 is unsafe. Why is the CPSC ignoring this?

February 28, 2019July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

#LeadedBabyBottle: Hevea Leaded Baby Bottle Infographic to Share

October 12, 2018July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Email To CPSC Today (My Response), Lead In Baby Bottles – July 30, 2018

July 30, 2018September 16, 2018

Below is the July 30, 2018 response I sent to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regarding the issue of lead in Baby Bottles. I will be posting all e-mails in this exchange here on my blog so my readers can follow the progress of the situation. As always, Thank you for reading & please…

Timeline of my posts discussing unsafe levels of Lead in Pura Kiki insulated stainless baby bottles (through 2018)

July 9, 2018July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Erika’s Letter To Pura

July 8, 2018

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This is Erika’s letter to Pura (to which they responded, here). Erika has agreed to let me share this (and their response to her) with you! Thanks Erika, for standing up for kids everywhere whose parents have been led to believe they have purchased a safe (and lead-free) product. Tamara Rubin #LeadSafeMama _______________________

July 5, 2018 Note From Pura Stating They are Still Selling old Baby Bottle Inventory With Lead

July 8, 2018July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Today I confirmed that Pura knows they are selling old baby bottle stock with lead.

July 7, 2018July 8, 2018

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Posts with more details here! This pertains to Pura Kiki brand Made Safe Certified insulated stainless steel baby bottles being sold in 2018. The manufacturer admitted (as recently as this week, in a communication to a customer) to knowing that their old-stock product inventory is still available to purchase (likely both online and at brick…

Lead Free Baby Bottles, #Sigh

July 3, 2018July 5, 2018

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#LeadFreeBabyBottles | Baby Bottle | Baby Bottles | Bottle | Bottles

So this is super-sad, isn’t it? That we actively need to seek out lead-free baby bottles in 2018?! So sad. Well here’s a link to all of the posts I have written with lead free baby bottles (click here or on the image below.) There are other brands that are lead-free of course, but I…

Dear Made Safe, Please Revoke Your Certification of the Pura Kiki Insulated Baby Bottle Until They Publicly Address the Issue

July 2, 2018July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

January 2018 E-Mail From Pura, Re: Their Insulated Stainless Baby Bottles

July 2, 2018July 3, 2018

In January of 2018 one of my followers emailed Pura regarding the concern for lead (Pb) in their stainless baby bottles. Below is the response she received – dated January 17, 2018 (which she forwarded to me.) Here are my points of concern based on what is said in this email: The letter admits they…

#Leaded: Made Safe Certified Pura Kiki Baby Bottle Purchased New In January of 2018 (Video)

July 2, 2018April 17, 2021

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Published: July 2, 2018 Below is an 8-minute video we made this week of our testing of a new-in-the-box, purchased in 2018, “Made Safe Certified” Pura Kiki stainless steel insulated baby bottle for lead (Pb). This stainless steel baby bottle is supposed to be Lead-free… Both the Made Safe certification and Pura Kiki’s marketing materials…

#ViralVideo: Lead In Baby Bottles

January 15, 2018

This is our video that went “viral” in January of 2018, about lead in baby bottles (on Facebook!) It was originally posted on Tuesday, January 9th. As of January 15th (time of this blog post, 8:40 p.m.) this video has had 21,053 views, 189 shares, 267 comments and has reached 43,817 people! (Woah!)

Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow Glass Baby Bottle: Lead-free, but trace Cadmium found in the glass of the bottle & nipple

October 14, 2017July 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,…

Pura Kiki Insulated Baby Bottle: the most egregious example of a “green-branded” bottle with unsafe levels of Lead.

May 14, 2017June 11, 2019

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Please read this entire post. Maybe by the end of it you will be as outraged as I have been by the actions of this company. – Thank you. Original post title: Pura Kiki Follow Up #SurprisedNotSurprised. To see more posts about the issues with this product and this company, click here. Highlights of the…

#LeadFree: LifeFactory Baby Bottle

March 9, 2017June 28, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

#XRFTesting: Avent Glass Baby Bottle

March 4, 2017June 28, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…