Insulated Cup

Stanley confirms that “Stanley Cup” insulated Stainless Steel tumblers are made with “Some Lead”

January 6, 2024March 4, 2024

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,…

A Lead-free replacement for your Lead-contaminated Cupkin cup…

July 25, 2023July 27, 2023

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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 by…

Press Release: Second Lead Safe Mama, LLC Initiated Product Recall in 2023 — CUPKIN children’s cups

March 21, 2023May 15, 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…

Passive-Aggressively Victim-Blaming, Cupkin Finally Issues a Recall for Lead-contaminated “Lead-Free” Children’s Cups

March 20, 2023July 6, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Full XRF test results for a 2023-purchased Stanley 40 oz Flowstate Quencher H2.0 Tumbler

March 12, 2023December 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,…

In preparing to file the Lead Safe Mama, LLC CPSC violation report for Cupkin, I had the following exchange with the owner

February 11, 2023July 24, 2023

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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 by…

I met with the owner of Cupkin today (1/14/23). Here’s my follow up email to him.

January 14, 2023April 21, 2023

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Saturday — January 14, 2023 Hi Max! Thank you for taking the time to come to my office – (in my home!) – to meet with me today. I am still processing all of the things we discussed, and may write up some more comprehensive thoughts and feedback later. First and foremost, I want…

Full text thread with owner of Cupkin to date (1/11/2023)

January 11, 2023April 21, 2023

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Wednesday — January 11, 2023 Hello! The images below are the full-text thread of my communication with the owner of Cupkin (Max), to date. There is some overlap in the images intentionally so you can follow the thread. I have also embedded the referenced video (you see a screenshot of it) with me testing the cups…

Video response and letter from the owner of Cupkin: we’re going to meet up on Saturday and test some more of his cups!

January 9, 2023April 21, 2023

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Monday — January 9, 2023 Below is the video response from the owner of Cupkin (in response to the article and letter I published last night — link here). Here’s a screenshot of the letter they sent out with this video: Here’s the text of their letter as written, this also includes a hyperlink to their…

Cupkin’s corporate philosophy includes “mistakes happen” — guess so! “Lead-free” kids cup tests positive for unsafe (& illegal) levels of Lead

January 8, 2023July 24, 2023

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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 by…

#TeamWork! Mighty Nest is offering full refunds if you bought (Lead-containing) Paulie Jars from them!

November 2, 2020January 11, 2021

November 2, 2020 – Monday This is the fourth post in a series of posts about this situation (The discovery of Lead in Paulie Jars sold by Mighty Nest as “Lead Free”) So far there are three additional posts up related to this product, and I will update this list as additional posts are published….

Today I heard back from Paulie Jar regarding Lead found in their “non-toxic” insulated stainless containers.

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

November 1, 2020 – Sunday Note: This post has the same introduction as the post with the response from Mighty Nest. The most interesting part of this post (IMHO) is my additional responses to Paulie Jar at the bottom of the post. Thanks for reading! Last night (at 9:30 p.m. PST) I published a post sharing about the findings of…

Today I heard back from the CEO of Mighty Nest regarding Lead found in stainless containers purchased on their site.

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

November 1, 2020 – Sunday Last night (at 9:30 p.m. PST) I published a post sharing about the findings of Lead in Paulie Jar stainless steel insulated beverage / food containers. Here is the link to the original post. The reason this finding is concerning is two-fold. Reason #1) This product was being marketed and sold…

Paulie Jar insulated stainless steel containers (sold by Mighty Nest & clearly marketed for use by kids), positive for Lead.

October 31, 2020October 16, 2023

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October 31, 2020 – Saturday Halloween! Tonight (at 10:49 East Coast Time) a reader contacted me with the following message (continue reading below the image):My reader and I had a bit of a follow-up conversation via Facebook messenger – as I do with so many of my readers! I was not at all surprised to…

Pink Yeti Rambler 20 oz. Tumbler: Lead-Free in all Accessible Components (Leaded sealing dot is under stainless bottom cap)

December 1, 2018February 23, 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,…