Organic Flour

Like all other USA-made wheat flours we have tested, Costco’s Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium. Read the August 2024 laboratory report.

Like all other USA-made wheat flours we have tested, Costco’s Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium. Read the August 2024 laboratory report.

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   Summary: This All-Purpose, Organic flour from Costco tested positive for 12 parts per billion (ppb) Cadmium. A level of 12 ppb is 240% of the “Action Level” for Cadmium proposed within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 (2.4 times the level considered dangerous for consumption by children). Scroll down to read more about…

Preliminary Response (to a Lead Safe Mama community member) from King Arthur Baking Company — July 8, 2024

Preliminary Response (to a Lead Safe Mama community member) from King Arthur Baking Company — July 8, 2024

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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,…

King Arthur Organic Unbleached Bread Flour tests positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

King Arthur Organic Unbleached Bread Flour tests positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Read the laboratory report here.

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   King Arthur Flour’s response to a customer inquiring about heavy metal testing of their products (May 28, 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…

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All Purpose Flour

June 2024 Laboratory Test Results for Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All Purpose Flour

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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,…