Eggs

Happy Toxic Easter? Yikes!! 1977 Avon Easter Perfume pin: 6,759 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 6,018 Cadmium (75 is unsafe)

Happy Toxic Easter? Yikes!! 1977 Avon Easter Perfume pin: 6,759 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 6,018 Cadmium (75 is unsafe)

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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…

Concerned for Leaded Eggs? Testing in Wisconsin!

Concerned for Leaded Eggs? Testing in Wisconsin!

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First let me say… I love Wisconsin!  When it comes to lead they have historically had some of the best and most progressive programs in the country, so I was completely unsurprised to find this research with a little bit of a google search! Below is a screenshot from the University of Wisconsin website of…

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.