#LeadedGlass

YO! Stop poisoning the planet, Tiffany & Co! It’s 2020! #KnowBetterDoBetter. Today I found 47 LEADED items for sale on Tiffany’s website.

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Introduction to Tamara (for those new to the site!) Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy work (including two from U.S. government…

Red Vintage Pyrex Food Storage Container With lid: 310,000 ppm Lead + 14,200 ppm Arsenic + 33,200 ppm Cadmium

June 26, 2018January 5, 2024

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#ViralVideo: Lead In Baby Bottles

January 15, 2018

This is our video that went “viral” in January of 2018, about lead in baby bottles (on Facebook!) It was originally posted on Tuesday, January 9th. As of January 15th (time of this blog post, 8:40 p.m.) this video has had 21,053 views, 189 shares, 267 comments and has reached 43,817 people! (Woah!)

My original letter to the makers of the Green Sprouts sippy cup, following my findings of Lead paint on their glass insert.

February 10, 2017December 13, 2020

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Newly manufactured (2017) sippy cup: tested positive for 3,003 ppm Lead (using XRF technology). Originally published: February 10, 2017 Updated: 12/13/2020 Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to to see a full size PDF of my original letter (dated January 30, 2017) that was written to the manufacturer of Green Sprouts products…

Vintage Arcoroc Glass Plate: 256 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm is unsafe in items intended for use by children.

January 3, 2017September 22, 2019

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Vintage Arcoroc Clear Glass Plate (year unknown), Made in France. When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here was positive at the following level: 256 ppm Lead. This is common with vintage clear glass (and especially vintage clear glass that was made in France.) Most new clear glass will be Lead-free or at least…