July 2024 Article

AshaPops popped water lily seeds (in vegan cheese flavor) tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Arsenic. See the lab report here.

AshaPops popped water lily seeds (in vegan cheese flavor) tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Arsenic. See the lab report here.

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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,…

Nature’s Path Envirokidz Organic Chocolate Koala Crisp cereal tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. See the lab report here.

Nature’s Path Envirokidz Organic Chocolate Koala Crisp cereal tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. See the lab report here.

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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,…

Simple Mills Seed & Nut Flour Sweet Thins (Mint Chocolate) positive for 28 ppb Lead & 59 ppb Cadmium — that’s more than 5 times the proposed 5 ppb “Action Level” for Lead in food sold for kids

Simple Mills Seed & Nut Flour Sweet Thins (Mint Chocolate) positive for 28 ppb Lead & 59 ppb Cadmium — that’s more than 5 times the proposed 5 ppb “Action Level” for Lead in food sold for kids

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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,…

Today’s bit of “Lead Safe Mama Drama” — more lies and deflection from Redmond Real Salt, this time personally directed at Tamara

Today’s bit of “Lead Safe Mama Drama” — more lies and deflection from Redmond Real Salt, this time personally directed at Tamara

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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…

General Mills Cheerios Tests Positive for Unsafe Levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic With Independent 3rd-Party Laboratory Testing (July 2024)

General Mills Cheerios Tests Positive for Unsafe Levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic With Independent 3rd-Party Laboratory Testing (July 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…

Independent Third-Party Laboratory Testing Confirms Redmond Real Salt Tests Positive for Unsafe Levels of Lead and Arsenic (July 2024)

Independent Third-Party Laboratory Testing Confirms Redmond Real Salt Tests Positive for Unsafe Levels of Lead and Arsenic (July 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…

Preliminary Response (to a Lead Safe Mama community member) from King Arthur Baking Company — July 8, 2024

Preliminary Response (to a Lead Safe Mama community member) from King Arthur Baking Company — July 8, 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,…

Seven Sundays’ Response to Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s Findings of Unsafe Levels of Lead & Cadmium in their Cereal

Seven Sundays’ Response to Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s Findings of Unsafe Levels of Lead & Cadmium in their Cereal

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   Here’s the text I shared with these two graphics (above and below) on Instagram (7/8/2024) Two images — including Seven Sundays’ response to a customer today — from July 8, 2024, Monday. – Their response is ridiculous of course, and irrelevant. – The proposed action level is 5 ppb Cadmium. Seven Sundays tested positive for 168…

Readers were having difficulty understanding how toxic the Seven Sundays Cereal is, so I created this graphic.

Readers were having difficulty understanding how toxic the Seven Sundays Cereal is, so I created this graphic.

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   I also put together this table and graphic to help shed light on the concern: Some additional reading & links that may be of interest: A link with a spreadsheet showing all of our food testing — completed and in-progress (since March of 2024) The Lead Safe Mama affiliate link to purchase the test…

Seven Sundays Real Cocoa Grain Free Sunflower Cereal tests positive for an extremely high level of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

Seven Sundays Real Cocoa Grain Free Sunflower Cereal tests positive for an extremely high level of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

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   Quote from the Seven Sundays website (see a direct screenshot from their website below): This quote was posted on their website BEFORE Lead Safe Mama conducted any testing.   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,…

King Arthur Organic Unbleached Bread Flour tests positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

King Arthur Organic Unbleached Bread Flour tests positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

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   King Arthur Flour’s response to a customer inquiring about heavy metal testing of their products (May 28, 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…

Jovial Organic Grain Free Cassava Pasta tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead. Read the laboratory report here.

Jovial Organic Grain Free Cassava Pasta tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead. Read the laboratory report here.

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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,…

Cascadian Farm Organic Gluten Free Fruitful O’s (General Mills) tests positive for Lead. See the laboratory report here.

Cascadian Farm Organic Gluten Free Fruitful O’s (General Mills) tests positive for Lead. See the laboratory report here.

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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,…

Birch Benders Paleo Pancake & Waffle Mix is positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Read the laboratory report here.

Birch Benders Paleo Pancake & Waffle Mix is positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Read the laboratory report here.

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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,…