October 16, 2022 – Sunday When tested with an XRF instrument, the paint on the outside of this Disney characters-themed carafe tested positive for Lead at more than 75,000 parts per million. For context, the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe / toxic / illegal in the paint, glaze, or coating of a modern…
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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…
Continue reading below the images of additional cups/ mugs/ glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate piece about the item, which includes XRF test results. • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Published April…
Here’s the Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link for this product: https://amzn.to/30pQ9wF When tested with an XRF Instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings: Reading #1) Green plastic of Baby Yoda container lid 30-Second Test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 458 +/- 33 ppm Iron (Fe):…
Published: October 12, 2020 Updated: April 13, 2022 Cadmium is considered unsafe for children at levels of 40 ppm and up. Internationally, there are a variety of limits for Cadmium content in items intended for use by children (with the range depending both on product type and location of the legislation), however, there is…