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Tamara gets a provoked urine test for Lead (& other metals) in New York City (a video)!

Tamara gets a provoked urine test for Lead (& other metals) in New York City (a video)!

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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,…

I heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not considered “real” or “useful” results. Why is this?

I heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not considered “real” or “useful” results. Why is this?

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  This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free (and to help cover the costs of our work doing independent consumer goods testing), click here. Thank you. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood…