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October 2023 Amazon Picks: Lead-free reusable glass baby food jars

October 16, 2023November 19, 2023

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Lead Safe Mama’s Safer Choices (Lead-Free Choices!): Baby Food Storage

March 11, 2023April 19, 2024

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Published: March 11, 2023 — Saturday In response to the findings of high-Lead paint on some of the WeeSprout baby food storage jars with painted markings (link to article with full details), here are some guidelines for making safer choices for baby food storage — plus some specific safer choices/brands that we here at Lead Safe…

My favorite Lead-free mixing bowl set – less than $20 on Amazon today!

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022

Wednesday – December 7, 2022 My favorite Lead-free mixing bowl set – only $17.84 today on Amazon. Aflink: https://amzn.to/3HeWXAn Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on one of my links I may receive a small percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you!.

My favorite Lead-free glass juice pitcher is on sale today!

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

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Tuesday – December 6, 2022 My favorite Lead-free glass juice pitcher is on sale today! (30% off!). Here’s the Lead Safe Mama, LLC affiliate link for this pitcher: https://amzn.to/3Hf75cj Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on one of my links I may receive a small percentage of what you spend…

XRF Test results for clear glass jar from Wild Ferments Kimchi (Pennsylvania): 30 ppm Lead, 12 ppm Cadmium, 20 ppm Antimony – safe by all standards.

August 4, 2022August 11, 2022

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#ClearGlass | Clear Glass | Clear Glass Jar | Glass | Glass Jar

August 4, 2022 – Thursday XRF test results for the clear glass jar picture here. Reading #1) 60-second reading on the bottom of the glass Lead (Pb): 23 +/- 8 ppm Lead Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Tin (Sn): 38 +/- 8 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Chromium (Cr):…

File this under: “stuff I bought for my family” – cookie / candy jars to organize stuff! (including candy!)

March 2, 2021December 6, 2022

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Tuesday – March 2, 2021 This week I bought these for my 12 year old son Charlie (and for me too – I actually bought three sets). My son’s art desk is cluttered with so much stuff I thought these would be a fun way to organize and store some of the things he likes…

Small newer Weck baby food canning jar with glass lid, as high as 159 +/- 18 ppm Lead [100 is unsafe for kids]

November 17, 2019October 16, 2023

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XRF Testing of Clear Glass Weck Jars The test results shared in this blog post are for the taller of the two “baby food”-size jars pictured here (this is the jar on the left in the image below). Continue scrolling down below the images for the full XRF test results for this recently-manufactured Weck brand…

I’m sort of in love with this store! Miniso 2019 “Smile, Enjoy Your Life” Glass Water Bottle: Lead-Free (Cadmium Free, etc.)

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019

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When tested with an XRF instrument, this newly-purchased (2019) Miniso small glass water bottle had the following readings: Plain (undecorated) section of the glass of the bottle: Barium (Ba): 456 +/ 228 ppm Copper (Cu): 50 +/- 18 ppm Iron (Fe): 125 +/- 38 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 12 +/- 7 ppm Continue reading below the…

Mountain Rose Herbs Brown Glass 4 oz Bottle: 112 +/- 17 ppm Lead (considered safe by all standards.)

December 15, 2018June 17, 2019

When tested with an XRF instrument the brown glass of this Mountain Rose Herbs bottle had the following readings (these readings are typical for brown glass & you can see more examples HERE.) If a metal is not noted in the result set below it was not detectable by the XRF in the particular test…

2018 Dollar Store Red Glass Mason Jar Coffee Mug: 11 ppm Cadmium

November 19, 2018December 12, 2023

2018 Dollar Tree Red Christmas Mason Jar Glass. By Greenbrier International, Inc. Made in China. For exact XRF test results, scroll down. To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE. As many red-colored items are, this mug is positive for a trace level of Cadmium. This level of Cadmium is considered safe by all…

Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow Glass Baby Bottle: Lead-free, but trace Cadmium found in the glass of the bottle & nipple

October 14, 2017July 11, 2024

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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,…

Ball Brand Baby Food Jar with Plastic Lid

October 14, 2017October 16, 2023

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Small Ball Jar with plastic lid #LeadFree Tested “non-detect” for lead using an XRF instrument Amazon Affiliate Link: http://amzn.to/2vRng7q All components tested. – Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods advocacy work at: Http://www.GoFundMe.com/LeadSafeMama

2017 Oxo Glass Cube, Baby Food Storage: Lead and Cadmium Free in all components.

October 14, 2017May 18, 2019

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These are so cool! I really love the glass food storage with the snap lids with silicone sealing bands. I think they are a terrific product type (as long as the writing on the exterior of the jar is not painted with Lead paint… as is the case with these!) I wish they had these…

Newer Blue Ball Jar

April 30, 2017

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Newer Blue Glass Ball Jar: 61 ppm lead (+/- 16 ppm). Considered safe by all standards. Tamara’s Grade: “C” C = I would not want to use it in my home, I would not want to eat food that you canned in it in your home. If you offered me something to drink in this…

#XRFTesting: Blue Ball Jars!

April 8, 2017May 23, 2023

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Newer Blue Glass Ball Jar: 64 ppm Lead. Non-detect for arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. Most of the colored glass jars I have tested have been positive for Lead to some degree. This level is considered safe by all standards. I personally would not want to can in jars that are positive for Lead at any level, when I…

Older/Antique/Vintage “Ball” brand canning jar

March 15, 2017January 23, 2021

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Re-posting from 2014. Older/Antique/Vintage “Ball” brand canning jar. Blue Glass: safe (tested negative/ non-detect for lead). Lid: 861 ppm lead & 1,537 cadmium . Tested with an XRF instrument. Please consider contributing in support of my childhood lead poisoning prevention advocacy work here or here. Thank you!

Mason Jars … Kerr Brand: 23 ppm Lead (+ Cadmium too). WAIT! Don’t Panic! Read post instead! TIA.

March 4, 2017December 25, 2018

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When tested with an XRF instrument, this Kerr Mason Jar (pictured here, year unknown) was positive for Lead at 23 parts per million. WAIT! DON’T PANIC! Almost all of the newer Ball Jars that I have tested have tested NEGATIVE for Lead and negative for Cadmium. These levels (of Lead and Cadmium) found here in…

Ball Mason Jars (year of manufacture unknown): 43 ppm Lead (safe by ALL standards.) Don’t Panic! [Read this post first.]

March 4, 2017May 28, 2019

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Ball Mason Jar (year unknown): 43 ppm lead. WAIT! DON’T PANIC! While this jar was positive for a “trace” (very low level) of Lead… Almost all of the newer Ball Jars that I have tested have tested NEGATIVE for Lead or Cadmium. These levels found here in this jar that I tested (picture below) are trace/ very…