Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I’m not sure why anyone would consume this product…. however now you (the people who are interested in the test results) know that it does test positive for Arsenic. The full lab report is below (at the bottom of this page) – please scroll down. I personally don’t think…
Published: November 7, 2024 Read more info at: https://tamararubin.com/food/ Pend = Pending ORG = Organic Pub = Published We will be updating this page shortly with a list of products sent into the lab for testing in August 2024. Please stand by. Please subscribe to Lead Safe Mama’s newsletter to be among the first…
Published: November 7, 2024 Last Updated: November 30, 2024 This is a list of all the foods and supplements Lead Safe Mama, LLC has sent to the lab for testing to date in November 2024. Funding for this testing is a community collaborative effort (Lead Safe Mama community members nominate the products and contribute…
Published: November 7, 2024 Below is a partly abbreviated list of all the 64 foods and supplements Lead Safe Mama, LLC sent to the lab for testing in September 2024. Funding for this testing is a community collaborative effort — Lead Safe Mama community members nominate the products and contribute to covering the…
Published: November 7, 2024 This is a partly abbreviated list of all the 61 foods and supplements Lead Safe Mama, LLC sent to the lab for testing in October 2024. Funding for this testing is a community collaborative effort (Lead Safe Mama community members nominate the products and contribute to covering the cost of…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We were not at all surprised to learn this Clif Bar product tested positive for toxicants (see the full lab report for the product at the bottom of this page). The primary reason we anticipated this Chocolate Chip Clif Bar would test positive for toxicants is because the two…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We were really surprised to see the ingredient list for this product when we purchased it for testing (we had not heard of the product before it was nominated by a Lead Safe Mama community member for testing). The product is clearly advertised and sold as “Quinoa Pasta,” but…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Unsurprisingly, this product tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. We have not yet tested a single protein powder that has come back from the lab with a report stating it was “non-detect” for toxicants. We also have not yet tested a single (brown) chocolate product that has tested…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is a particularly disappointing discovery. We (as a family) really hoped this product would test clean. This exact cereal had been a dietary staple for one of my disabled sons (who has special dietary needs) and he will no longer be eating this product. We’re sticking with homemade…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As previously published, we have not yet found a potato chip snack product that has tested negative (non-detect) for Cadmium (a known carcinogen). As you can see from the aggregate data graphic below, each of the potato chip products we have tested resulted positive for an UNSAFE level of…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As previously published, we have not yet found a potato chip snack product that has tested negative (non-detect) for Cadmium (a known carcinogen). As you can see from the aggregate data graphic below, each of the potato chip products we have tested have in fact tested positive for an…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I have been informing readers about the concern for toxicants in this particular product for more than five years now, prompted initially when I was house-sitting for my friend Carissa and saw this product on the counter in her kitchen and decided to test the jar for toxicants using…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Arsenic and Cadmium levels found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent laboratory testing), the product should not be considered safe for children to eat. While the levels found for Arsenic in this case is the “total Arsenic” (meaning we do not know what percentage is organic Arsenic…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Lead, Arsenic, and Cadmium levels found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent, laboratory testing), the product should not be considered safe for children to eat. See more information below (including the context for toxicant levels found in this product). Lead is a neurotoxin and Cadmium is…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Lead level found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent laboratory testing), these crackers should not be considered safe for children to eat. More information below (including context for the concern for the specific level of Lead found in this product). The low threshold of detection for…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Lead and Cadmium levels found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent laboratory testing), the product should not be considered safe for children to eat. More information below (including the context for the levels of toxicants found in this product). Lead is a neurotoxin and Cadmium is…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Cadmium level found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent laboratory testing), the product should not be considered safe for children to eat. Please see more information below. The low threshold of detection for metals for this product was 10 parts per billion. As a result, more…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While the amount of Lead found in this supplement product is relatively low (compared to Lead levels we have found in similar products), it is the position of Lead Safe Mama, LLC that vitamins and supplements should not test positive for Lead at levels above 2 parts per billion…
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While the amount of Lead found in this children’s supplement product is relatively low (compared to Lead levels we have found in other similar products), it is the position of Lead Safe Mama, LLC that children’s vitamins and supplements should not test positive for Lead at levels above 2…