June 2024 Food Testing

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…

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Star-Berry Beet flavor tested positive for 57 ppb Lead — that’s more than 11 times the proposed 5 ppb “Action Level” for Lead in food marketed to kids. Read the lab report here.

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Star-Berry Beet flavor tested positive for 57 ppb Lead — that’s more than 11 times the proposed 5 ppb “Action Level” for Lead in food marketed to kids. Read 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,…

Bob’s Red Mill Arrowroot Flour (aka Arrowroot Starch) tests positive for Lead (at “relatively safe” levels)

Bob’s Red Mill Arrowroot Flour (aka Arrowroot Starch) tests positive for Lead (at “relatively safe” levels)

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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,…

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,…

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats

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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,…

Selina Naturally Celtic Salt has extremely high levels of Lead and should not be consumed. Read the Laboratory test report here.

Selina Naturally Celtic Salt has extremely high levels of Lead and should not be consumed. Read the Laboratory test 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,…

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Sweet Potato Apple Asteroid flavor tested positive for 1,100% of the proposed “Action Level” for Lead in food for small children. Read the Laboratory report here.

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Sweet Potato Apple Asteroid flavor tested positive for 1,100% of the proposed “Action Level” for Lead in food for small children. 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,…

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Voyager Veggie Blend tested positive for 1,980% of the proposed “Action Level” for Lead in food for small children. Read the Laboratory report here.

Lesser Evil Lil’ Puffs Voyager Veggie Blend tested positive for 1,980% of the proposed “Action Level” for Lead in food for small children. 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,…

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All Purpose Flour

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All Purpose Flour

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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,…

Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour (aka Tapioca Starch) tests positive for Lead (but at “relatively safe” levels)

Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour (aka Tapioca Starch) tests positive for Lead (but at “relatively safe” levels)

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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,…

Cerebelly’s response to customers — Monday, June 24, 2024

Cerebelly’s response to customers — Monday, June 24, 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,…

Why are Clean Label Project Purity Award “winning” products testing positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic?

Why are Clean Label Project Purity Award “winning” products testing positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic?

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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,…

Neurosurgeon with Stanford PhD in Developmental Neurobiology creates & sells baby food product with “anti-cancer” messaging that tests positive for an unsafe level of a known carcinogen

Neurosurgeon with Stanford PhD in Developmental Neurobiology creates & sells baby food product with “anti-cancer” messaging that tests positive for an unsafe level of a known carcinogen

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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,…

Unpacking Lesser Evil’s Public Response (June 2024) to Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Children’s Food Products

Unpacking Lesser Evil’s Public Response (June 2024) to Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Children’s Food Products

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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,…