Lead In Schools

All the Leaded things we found when we visited a Montessori kindergarten classroom…

All the Leaded things we found when we visited a Montessori kindergarten classroom…

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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, LLC…

10 Minutes With Tamara Video: Mama Janice in Canada talks about Lead concerns in her daughter’s school

10 Minutes With Tamara Video: Mama Janice in Canada talks about Lead concerns in her daughter’s school

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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, LLC…

The EPA has a new consumer tool to help you determine if your home water filter removes lead.

The EPA has a new consumer tool to help you determine if your home water filter removes lead.

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Click the image below to read the full guide on the EPA’s site, or click THIS LINK for a full downloadable PDF of the two-page info-sheet. Once you have taken a look at it, please do let me know if you have any questions. Standards to know in looking for efficient water filtration: 15 Parts…

Does your baby’s cup have toxic heavy metals in it? This enamelware “baby cup” tested positive for 16,200 ppm Cadmium!

Does your baby’s cup have toxic heavy metals in it? This enamelware “baby cup” tested positive for 16,200 ppm Cadmium!

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Please note: This is NOT a post just about one red enamelware baby cup, it’s an overview of safe and unsafe baby cups I have found and how to make sure you choose a safe cup for YOUR baby! Please take the time to read the whole post (scrolling past all the images) and to…

My response to the school Vice Principal this evening. (Warning: I’m MAD! This is my kids [& their friends] we’re talking about.)

My response to the school Vice Principal this evening. (Warning: I’m MAD! This is my kids [& their friends] we’re talking about.)

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Introduction:  My husband has concerns that I am a bull in a china shop when it comes to this issue. He thinks I should be treating the administrators of our children’s schools with respect because they are fellow human beings with the capacity to do good. I on the other hand am FURIOUS that after…

2018 Lead Levels in Portland Public Schools, Sellwood Middle School Are NOT protective of children’s health.

2018 Lead Levels in Portland Public Schools, Sellwood Middle School Are NOT protective of children’s health.

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I am posting this so that I can link this information to other posts I have written on the subject. Below you will find the lead-in-water test results for 2018 for Sellwood Middle School. Please click each of the images below to see the image full size. The RED circles I have made highlight the…

Letter to the Portland Public School District This Morning Re: Lead in PPS Schools’ Water

Letter to the Portland Public School District This Morning Re: Lead in PPS Schools’ Water

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Note: I wrote this post in response to my child coming home distraught – in tears, actually – over the cavalier attitudes/misplaced and absolute confidence of nearly all of the adults who whom he has interacted with at school regarding this issue. While my tone may seem inappropriate and my anger may seem misplaced to some, for me…

#AskTamara: I’m concerned that contractors at my Portland, Oregon elementary school are not using lead safe work practices. What should I do?

#AskTamara: I’m concerned that contractors at my Portland, Oregon elementary school are not using lead safe work practices. What should I do?

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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, LLC…

#Leaded: Vintage Art Deco Ceramic Tile In a San Francisco Middle School Auditorium

#Leaded: Vintage Art Deco Ceramic Tile In a San Francisco Middle School Auditorium

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This tile was in a San Francisco, California middle school auditorium that I did a presentation at in 2013. It tested positive for lead at 9,391 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument. To see more posts with tile I have tested, click here. To read more about the concern for lead in tile, click…

Portland Public Schools Bond – Lead Crusade

Portland Public Schools Bond – Lead Crusade

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My family received this in the mail yesterday (4/27/2017). It is a political mass mailing about the 2017 Portland Public Schools Bond Measure 26-193, coming up for a vote next month (here in Portland, Oregon – USA.) I will be writing a blog post about my thoughts in response to this bond this weekend and will link…

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 30, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any of…

Alabama to test all public schools’ drinking water for lead contamination

Alabama to test all public schools’ drinking water for lead contamination

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 22, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

After therapy dog refuses to drink, San Diego Unified finds lead in water

After therapy dog refuses to drink, San Diego Unified finds lead in water

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 24, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…

Portland Green Festival 2016, Dec. 11

Portland Green Festival 2016, Dec. 11

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Please share!! Thank you. – I’m speaking this Sunday (December 11th) in the afternoon at 3:30 at the Portland Green Festival. (Admission to the Festival is FREE at the Oregon Convention Center, Saturday: 10am – 6pm; Sunday: 10am – 5pm!) – Join me for an open dialogue [in a “neutral space” (not hosted or influenced…

Avi’s Tenth Birthday (originally posted in 2015)

Avi’s Tenth Birthday (originally posted in 2015)

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Originally Posted: January 29, 2015 David “Avi” Benjamin Rubin is ten years old today.These have been the most challenging ten years of my life.   In August 2005 Avi was just seven-months old when he was poisoned by the work of painting contractor who did not use lead-safe work practices in preparing the exterior of…