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UPDATE to CPSC Report No. 20230128-D3DF9-2147351113 – Lead Contamination in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachments Marketed for Children’s use

UPDATE to CPSC Report No. 20230128-D3DF9-2147351113 – Lead Contamination in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachments Marketed for Children’s use

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Q. Which stand mixers are Lead-free? A. I have no idea! Will you help me find out?

Q. Which stand mixers are Lead-free? A. I have no idea! Will you help me find out?

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Tuesday – February 7, 2023 I would like to buy these four (now updated to five) stand mixers (images and links above and below) to test. If you think I should test a different brand or example, please let me know. Below is a list of the affiliate links for each of these so you…

Didn’t this KitchenAid “rumor” get debunked? (A shareable graphic)

Didn’t this KitchenAid “rumor” get debunked? (A shareable graphic)

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Here’s my exchange from this morning with USA Today’s Fact-Check Editor – in the spirit of full transparency (a guiding principle here at Lead Safe Mama, LLC!)

Here’s my exchange from this morning with USA Today’s Fact-Check Editor – in the spirit of full transparency (a guiding principle here at Lead Safe Mama, LLC!)

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Wednesday – February 1, 2023 After you read the post below, please check out the comments made by Lead Safe Mama readers (scroll down to the comments section below the article) and feel free to add your own comments too! Today’s theme here at Lead Safe Mama, LLC appears to be “journalism” and “journalistic integrity” (or the…

USAToday “Fact Check” article by BrieAnna Frank (about the concern for Lead in KitchenAid stand mixer attachments) is causing Facebook to censor Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s (legitimate & truthful) work

USAToday “Fact Check” article by BrieAnna Frank (about the concern for Lead in KitchenAid stand mixer attachments) is causing Facebook to censor Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s (legitimate & truthful) work

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_01_2023 — Reporting Unsafe Levels of Lead found in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Aluminum Attachments.

Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_01_2023 — Reporting Unsafe Levels of Lead found in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Aluminum Attachments.

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Sign the Petition   This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free (and to support the independent consumer goods testing that we do, using XRF technology), click here. Thank you. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent…

I submitted the Lead Safe Mama, LLC  KitchenAid violation report to the CPSC today (1/28/2023)… the latest…

I submitted the Lead Safe Mama, LLC KitchenAid violation report to the CPSC today (1/28/2023)… the latest…

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  Sign the Petition! Saturday – January 28, 2023 I submitted my violation report (about KitchenAid) to the Consumer Product Safety Commission today. I will be publishing the full text and images shortly (exactly as I submitted with my report) so you can read it, but since I am at the airport (in transit –…

To all of the “Verify” news reporters “reporting” on my work… VERIFY your facts beforehand please!

To all of the “Verify” news reporters “reporting” on my work… VERIFY your facts beforehand please!

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Urban myths about the Lead-contaminated KitchenAid Products

Urban myths about the Lead-contaminated KitchenAid Products

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January 24, 2023 – Tuesday Check out the graphic above to read the myths (and truths) circulating about the Lead-contaminated KitchenAid products. I may make a “pared down” version of this graphic later – but this is the best I could do with the time I had available to me today. Please share when /…

Here’s a Change.org petition demanding KitchenAid stop selling Lead-contaminated products

Here’s a Change.org petition demanding KitchenAid stop selling Lead-contaminated products

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            View this post on Instagram                         A post shared by Lead Poisoning Prevention (@leadsafemama) Screenshot of our Facebook post from August 10, 2014: January 22, 2023 — Sunday The following letter has been written to use with a…

One last thing…

One last thing…

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Thursday – December 29, 2022 If Y’all could do just ONE thing to support my advocacy work before the end of the year (so in the next three days – preferably today) please click through to the home page of Lead Safe Mama dot com (type it in to your browser so that it isn’t…

Deconstructing KitchenAid’s greenwashed response to findings of Lead in their stand mixer attachments

Deconstructing KitchenAid’s greenwashed response to findings of Lead in their stand mixer attachments

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  This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. 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…

Here’s a template for messaging or calling KitchenAid and demanding Lead-free replacement stand mixer attachments

Here’s a template for messaging or calling KitchenAid and demanding Lead-free replacement stand mixer attachments

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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 in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

A point-by-point response to KitchenAid’s public statements regarding Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s findings of Lead contamination in their standard mixer attachments

A point-by-point response to KitchenAid’s public statements regarding Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s findings of Lead contamination in their standard mixer attachments

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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 in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

KitchenAid’s latest (Greenwashed) corporate response to the Lead Safe Mama findings of Lead in their attachments (stand by for my detailed response)

KitchenAid’s latest (Greenwashed) corporate response to the Lead Safe Mama findings of Lead in their attachments (stand by for my detailed response)

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Thursday – December 22, 2022 The corporate greenwashing and deflection of responsibility has been coming fast and furious today! Below is KitchenAid’s response that was sent to several concerned Lead Safe Mama readers today. I will post my full response this asap.

KitchenAid UK assures customers their products have no lead: “There is no Lead in any of our items.”

KitchenAid UK assures customers their products have no lead: “There is no Lead in any of our items.”

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December 13, 2022 – Tuesday Just Leaving This One Here – LOL! – More info at LeadSafeMama.com today – just check out the home page where there are several related highlighted articles. Thanks! Update: December 14, 2022 – Wednesday Here’s another screenshot that a reader shared with me today…

Post on Instagram just now: Perhaps we should sue KitchenAid for slander?

Post on Instagram just now: Perhaps we should sue KitchenAid for slander?

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December 13, 2022 – Tuesday Published on Instagram Just Now So. Several people have told me this morning that KitchenAid representatives told them that my work is somehow a scam. Folks have also shared that KitchenAid has shared that my work is not true, that somehow my scientific testing of their products (demonstrating that their…

Lead Safe Mama readers told me KitchenAid indicated they were “lawyering up” so I created a series of videos in response….

Lead Safe Mama readers told me KitchenAid indicated they were “lawyering up” so I created a series of videos in response….

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December 12, 2022 – Monday These videos are pretty self explanatory. They were made in response to comments from multiple Lead Safe Mama readers that KitchenAid had indicated they were referring this matter to their legal team. I am posting them below in the order that I posted them on Instagram… hopefully for a bit…

December 2022 KitchenAid Update (Re: Lead-contaminated cast-Aluminum KitchenAid Paddles, Whisk & Dough Hooks)

December 2022 KitchenAid Update (Re: Lead-contaminated cast-Aluminum KitchenAid Paddles, Whisk & Dough Hooks)

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  Link to recent article (December 2022) with comprehensive overview of the issue Link to template/ language to use when contacting KitchenAid Link to the Lead Safe Mama point-by-point response to their boiler plate denial/ deflection response (“Throughout our 111 year history…”) A piece with videos showing me purchasing and testing a NEW paddle attachment from Walmart…

LEAD FREE: KitchenAid Balloon Whisk, c. 2007/2008

LEAD FREE: KitchenAid Balloon Whisk, c. 2007/2008

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2007/2008 KitchenAid balloon whisk attachment: No lead – no mercury – no cadmium – no arsenic. No rhyme or reason that I can see – as to why most have tested positive and this one example has tested negative! #XRFTesting

My Personal KitchenAid Mixer

My Personal KitchenAid Mixer

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KitchenAid Mixer Blade & Dough Hook: Between 600 – 800 ppm lead!!! This is MY KitchenAid – from my wedding to my ex-husband in 1994. I had tested the blue part before and it was negative and before testing the blades from my friends’ mixers it NEVER occurred to ME to test my own blades (doh!) –…

KitchenAid Brand Paddle Attachment for Upright Counter-Top Stand Mixer, purchased new c. 2006: 644 ppm Lead

KitchenAid Brand Paddle Attachment for Upright Counter-Top Stand Mixer, purchased new c. 2006: 644 ppm Lead

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  When tested with an XRF instrument this KitchenAid stand mixer paddle attachment  (purchased new, circa 2006) was positive for 644 ppm Lead. It is important to note that this is NOT the new (2018) stainless steel paddle, this is the “burnished” finish version of the paddle. I have not yet tested the new stainless…

KitchenAid Mixer Attachments (c. 2014): As high as 2,434 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is unsafe in items intended for use by kids)

KitchenAid Mixer Attachments (c. 2014): As high as 2,434 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is unsafe in items intended for use by kids)

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  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 in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method…

KitchenAid Dough Hook, c. 2015

KitchenAid Dough Hook, c. 2015

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Newer (2015) KitchenAid Dough Hook:  315 ppm lead — The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead content (as detectable with an XRF instrument.) I am NOT saying that this item will poison you, but I AM asking……