Lead Myths

The National Lead Company used kids as a tool to help market & sell toxic Lead Paint to parents via booklets like this one.

The National Lead Company used kids as a tool to help market & sell toxic Lead Paint to parents via booklets like this one.

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The National Lead Company used kids as a tool to help market & sell toxic Lead Paint products to their parents via children’s activity booklets like this “Dutch Boy Paint and Question Book” (c. 1932?) A little background: Historians David Rosner and Jerry Markowitz have discussed the marketing materials and strategies of The National Lead…

Q. Is there an unsafe level of Lead in bone broth? A. There can be, so you need to be careful in sourcing your bones.

Q. Is there an unsafe level of Lead in bone broth? A. There can be, so you need to be careful in sourcing your bones.

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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…