Food

   Summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen — and has been…

   Summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen — and has been…

   Summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen — and has been…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   Quick summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community with the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 (see detailed explanation below), this product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. For those new to the…

   Summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen — and has been…

   Quick summary: Annie’s Macaroni & Classic Cheddar “Made With Organic Pasta” — tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium. Please note the specifics and reasoning related to the levels considered unsafe below, in the “Action Level” section of this article. Please do note that this testing was completed on the dry boxed product….

   Quick summary: The chart above shows where the Wonderful Pistachios (roasted, salted, no shells) fall in relation to six other products we have tested that also tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Of these products, the Amara Smoothie Melts have the highest Lead level on this chart (many times the Lead level of…

   The chart above shows where the Amara Organic Smoothie Melts fall related to six other products we have tested that have also tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Of these products, the Smoothie Melts have the highest Lead level (many times the Lead level of each other products) and the highest Cadmium level…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…

   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,…