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Maple Spiles (for tapping trees for maple syrup) Made in Canada  – sent in from a reader in Wisconsin!

Maple Spiles (for tapping trees for maple syrup) Made in Canada – sent in from a reader in Wisconsin!

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XRF Test Results for the Maple Syrup Spiles Pictured Reading #1) Shiny newer looking one 60-second test Aluminum Based Lead (Pb): 223 +/- 17 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 1,870 +/- 146 ppm Copper (Cu): 786 +/- 51 ppm Zinc (Zn): 1313 +/- 55 ppm…

Galvanized metal modern/ newer (2014) maple syrup bucket, marked “No Lead”: 405 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

Galvanized metal modern/ newer (2014) maple syrup bucket, marked “No Lead”: 405 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)

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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,…

I was really sad when (in 2014) I discovered that this antique maple syrup bucket was positive for 12,500 ppm Lead!

I was really sad when (in 2014) I discovered that this antique maple syrup bucket was positive for 12,500 ppm Lead!

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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,…