McDonald’s Garfield Mug Archives

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

September 29, 2023April 1, 2024

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…

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

July 19, 2022November 9, 2023

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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…

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

April 23, 2022December 8, 2022

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…

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

March 1, 2020December 6, 2023

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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)

October 11, 2019September 29, 2023

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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. • • • • • • ••…