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Every grandmother’s cheese slicer (apparently! #AmIRight?): 4,159 ppm Lead… Was this on your holiday table?

Every grandmother’s cheese slicer (apparently! #AmIRight?): 4,159 ppm Lead… Was this on your holiday table?

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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,…

KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)

KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)

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Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. 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…

Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)

Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)

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Introduction: Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. 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…

Yellow Painted Hand Juicer / Citrus Press: 658 ppm Lead (No mark or maker).

Yellow Painted Hand Juicer / Citrus Press: 658 ppm Lead (No mark or maker).

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When tested with an XRF instrument this yellow hand juicer  / citrus juicer / lemon squeezer  had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 658 +/- 45 ppm Barium (Ba): 7,731 +/- 336 ppm Tin (Sn): 213 +/- 25 ppm Gold (Au): 259 +/- 101 ppm Zinc (Zn): 4,401 +/- 212 ppm Copper (Cu): 2,544 +/- 161…

Bare Metal Garlic Press: 2,685 ppm Lead and 33 ppm Cadmium. Is it a problem that my garlic press is positive for lead?

Bare Metal Garlic Press: 2,685 ppm Lead and 33 ppm Cadmium. Is it a problem that my garlic press is positive for lead?

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Q. Is it a problem that my garlic press is positive for Lead?  A. Why YES — in my opinion it is a BIG problem for a garlic press like this to test positive for Lead. Here’s why: Its intrinsic function (a tool for mechanically forcing garlic under leveraged pressure through the tiny extrusion holes in…

Pre-2015 Oxo Ice Cream Scoop With Rubber Handle: 1,481 ppm Lead in the metal scoop.

Pre-2015 Oxo Ice Cream Scoop With Rubber Handle: 1,481 ppm Lead in the metal scoop.

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This OXO brand ice cream scoop tested positive for lead at 1,481 parts per million (in the bare metal part of the scoop – the part that touches your food.) I tested this in September of 2014, so while I don’t know the exact year of manufacture it was before this date. This grayish metal…

Vintage Ice Cream Scoop: 1,170 ppm Lead in the metal of the scoop. Context: 100 ppm (& up) is illegal in items made for use by kids.

Vintage Ice Cream Scoop: 1,170 ppm Lead in the metal of the scoop. Context: 100 ppm (& up) is illegal in items made for use by kids.

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Vintage ice cream scoop – 1,170 ppm lead (in the scoop.) Here’s my post with lead-free ice cream scoop choices! For #SaferChoices for your family, click here. To make a contribution in support of my independent consumer goods testing and lead poisoning prevention advocacy work, click here.  Thank you!