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…
![Do you know where the “Mad Hatter” got his name? Here’s a clue – vintage felt hat: 3,844 ppm MERCURY! [100 is unsafe]](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Vintage-Green-Felt-Ladies-Hat-with-Mercury-Lead-Safe-Mama-2019-5-768x576.jpg)
I have long known the vintage and antique felt hats were (historically) made with unsafe levels of Mercury (as part of the felting process for the wool as I understand it), but I had never personally tested a vintage felt hat and found it to be positive for high levels of Mercury — until now….
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…
#AskTamara: Q. Does my lipstick have lead? Does all lipstick have lead? A. It is very likely that your lipstick has at least some amount of lead. Online resources show that at least 99% of lipsticks contain some amount of lead. Click here to see a more comprehensive post about this and read below for…
![#Leaded Lip Gloss Available On Amazon! Positive for 2,430 ppm Lead and 91 ppm Arsenic. [10 ppm is toxic in lipstick.]](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_7282-768x576.jpg)
Originally Posted: March 15, 2018 I thought I was beyond being shocked, but this one is a real stunner… Many years ago, I had read about studies that found lead in lipsticks and lipgloss [I actually even included a short scene about that in my film; I shot that footage in February of 2012, on the day I abruptly…