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Lead Safe Mama YouTube Interview With Fern (on McDonald’s glassware), Published September 28, 2023 (video)

Lead Safe Mama YouTube Interview With Fern (on McDonald’s glassware), Published September 28, 2023 (video)

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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…

Grimace McDonaldLand Action Series “1977” collectible glass: positive for extremely unsafe levels of Lead & Cadmium when tested with an XRF instrument.

Grimace McDonaldLand Action Series “1977” collectible glass: positive for extremely unsafe levels of Lead & Cadmium when tested with an XRF instrument.

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October 18, 2022 – Tuesday XRF Test results for the 1977 McDonaldLand Action Series Grimace glass pictured Reading #1) on the purple paint 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 102,500 +/- 3,200 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 13 ppm Tin (Sn): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Selenium (Se): non-detect Barium (Ba): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Antimony (Sb): non-detect Titanium (Ti):…

Garfield “Use Your Friends Wisely” McDonald’s mug: 103,600 ppm Lead (causes brain damage) + 7,314 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

Garfield “Use Your Friends Wisely” McDonald’s mug: 103,600 ppm Lead (causes brain damage) + 7,314 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

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Continue reading below the images of additional cups/mugs/glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate post about that item containing its XRF test results. This post (about the Garfield mug) is a good overview to help provide context for all of these additional examples. The annoying ads you see on…

Walt Disney Y2K Filmmaker Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,261 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!

Walt Disney Y2K Filmmaker Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,261 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!

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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC…

Walt Disney Y2K Dancing Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,432 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!

Walt Disney Y2K Dancing Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,432 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!

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  Continue reading below the images of additional cups/ mugs/ glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate piece about the item, which includes XRF test results.  • •  •  • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •   Published April…

The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC – covered in “Cracked”!  Check out this article (it’s the saga of the Leaded Garfield Cup, continued).

The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC – covered in “Cracked”! Check out this article (it’s the saga of the Leaded Garfield Cup, continued).

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April 23, 2022 – Saturday The article (linked below – click the image) is more of the internet coverage of (and buzz over) our findings of Lead on the Garfield McDonald’s Cups! I will do a post soon linking all of the TikTok, Twitter, Reddit and Instagram posts that this has generated over the past…

Vintage (Y2K) Walt Disney World Mickey Mouse Animal Kingdom pressed glass drinking cup: 949 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

Vintage (Y2K) Walt Disney World Mickey Mouse Animal Kingdom pressed glass drinking cup: 949 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

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  Published: October 12, 2020 Updated: April 13, 2022 Cadmium is considered unsafe for children at levels of 40 ppm and up. Internationally, there are a variety of limits for Cadmium content in items intended for use by children (with the range depending both on product type and location of the legislation), however, there is…

Vintage (1993!) McDonald’s glass Pre-Dawn Flintstones mug. I was so happy to confirm these are Lead-free!

Vintage (1993!) McDonald’s glass Pre-Dawn Flintstones mug. I was so happy to confirm these are Lead-free!

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Monday, October 12, 2020 Writing to you from a cabin in Maine (on a lake in the forest!) I am SO EXCITED that these Flintstones glass mugs (from McDonald’s) are definitely Lead-free! Before I had my first child, my boyfriend at the time had collected a full set of these for me. I don’t have…

1980 McDonalds Garfield Mug: 169,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids) + 10,700 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

1980 McDonalds Garfield Mug: 169,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids) + 10,700 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

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  Published: March 1, 2020 Updated: December 4, 2023 Full XRF test results for the McDonald’s Garfield “Rises to the Occasion” glass pictured are below. To summarize the test results below, this glass tested positive for two heavy metals (metals that are poisonous to humans): Lead and Cadmium — at levels that are considered (by…

1978 Garfield “It’s not a pretty life but somebody has to live it” McDonald’s mug: 99,300 ppm Lead (causes brain damage) + 5,833 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

1978 Garfield “It’s not a pretty life but somebody has to live it” McDonald’s mug: 99,300 ppm Lead (causes brain damage) + 5,833 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

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Continue reading below the images of additional cups/mugs/glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate article about that item containing its XRF test results. This piece (about the Garfield mug) is a good overview to help provide context for all of these additional examples. • •  •  • • • ••…

McDonald’s (c. 1980s?) Camp Snoopy Collection Glass: 85,100 ppm Lead + 1,827 ppm Cadmium + 99 ppm MERCURY!

McDonald’s (c. 1980s?) Camp Snoopy Collection Glass: 85,100 ppm Lead + 1,827 ppm Cadmium + 99 ppm MERCURY!

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To see more McDonald’s branded items I have tested, click here. When tested with an XRF instrument this Camp Snoopy collectable drinking glass  (promotional giveaway from McDonald’s c. 1980s) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 85,100 +/- 1,800 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 1,827 +/- 74 ppm Mercury (Hg): 99 +/- 39 ppm Chromium (Cr): 3,061 +/-…

c. 1996 Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Disney World 25th Anniversary Glass: 73,300 ppm Lead + 1,855 ppm Cadmium

c. 1996 Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Disney World 25th Anniversary Glass: 73,300 ppm Lead + 1,855 ppm Cadmium

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Remember the Magic … with a dash of LEAD! (And Cadmium for good measure.) 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…