#LeadFree

#XRFTesting: Mountain Valley Spring Water 5 Gallon Bottle

April 8, 2017April 8, 2017

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Mountain Valley Spring Water 5 Gallon Clear Glass Bottle (from their delivery service): Non-Detect (negative!) for Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg) and Arsenic (As)! I personally do not want jars that are positive for lead at any level, when I can choose lead-free jars and bottles. Click these links to see other similar glass jars and glass bottles I have…

Rolex Watch

April 6, 2017

Rolex Watch: No Lead, No Mercury, No Cadmium, No Arsenic. 🙂 If you appreciate what I do, the simplest way you can help support my advocacy work at NO EXTRA COST to you is to click on the Amazon affiliate link ads to the right on this page (or on the bottom if you are on your…

Ask Tamara: What Dish Rack Do You Use?

March 28, 2017November 25, 2018

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Ask Tamara Question: What dish rack do you use? Answer: Natural materials! Whenever possible I try to stick with natural materials in my home. That means unpainted, uncoated – and usually undecorated. For a dish rack, I think wood is good option! I have also had stainless steel ones in the past. If they are…

Vintage 1950s Silverware, Blossom Time: Lead-free! Vintage (but not antique!) sterling silver is generally a safe choice.

March 28, 2017March 4, 2020

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Originally written: March 28, 2017 Updated: March 3, 2020 A little personal story about the silverware pictured here. My husband’s mother died of a very aggressive form of lung cancer when he was just 18 years old (c. 1976.). As a result, I never met my mother-in-law – and my children never had her as…

#LeadSafeMama’s favorite Lead-free dishes: white glass embossed “Bella Faenza” pattern by Corelle

March 20, 2017April 14, 2020

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These Corelle Bella Faenza dishes are my new favorite dishes. They are a little more expensive than the simple plain frost white Corelle (which are similarly Lead-free, as are any of the new plain white Corelle), but they also have a beautiful embossed vine-like pattern around the edges. This product is a great example of…