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Q. I want to buy some nontoxic cookware — which pots and pans are the safest for cooking? Which pots and pans are the least toxic?

January 28, 2021May 15, 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead…

Green Pan: Lead-free (although I don’t recommend it)! Aluminum substrate tests positive for trace levels of Antimony

January 25, 2021November 25, 2023

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…

US-ION 7.5 inch Iron Skillet by SolidTeknics: 99.54% Iron when tested with an XRF instrument. Click to read full details.

January 15, 2021March 6, 2022

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Published: January 15, 2021 Introduction to Tamara Rubin (for those new to this website!) Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy work…

“Lead-Free/ Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan (From Our Place) tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 other metals using XRF technology

December 7, 2020December 11, 2023

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#StandBy #TuneIn #AlwaysPan @LeadSafeMama – Later tonight I will be reporting the full XRF test results for the “Our Place” Always Pan in Lavender.

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

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Monday – December 7, 2020 7:19 p.m. EST Lead Safe Mama readers direct and fund the testing of consumer goods that is reported on this blog. What this sometimes means is that when there is a very popular product making its way around the Internet I usually get a LOT of requests to test that…

What to do if you are a blogger (reseller) who has been selling Ceramcor/ Xtrema with the understanding they are metals-free

May 26, 2019April 17, 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,…

Xtrema, an important point: The clay substrate had only 4 metals. This means 10 metals were detected just in the glaze.

May 25, 2019April 17, 2024

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May 25, 2019 In discussing the issue of the Xtrema / Ceramcor pans with my husband tonight, I showed him my three sets of readings that I wrote up for my post from last August (August 2018 – the post with the full readings from all components on one example pan [all of which were…

Xtrema sent a letter to resellers to discredit my finding of heavy metals in their “Metals-Free” cookware. Read it here.

May 25, 2019April 17, 2024

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Important background points to understand: XRF testing is entirely distinct from leach testing. XRF test results are not somehow magically negated by leach testing results. If a product passes leach testing for metals, that does not somehow magically mean it is “metals-free”; it only means that it passes leach testing for metals at the time of…

Made In France (c. 2013) Yellow Le Creuset Sauce Pan [#21]: 19,600 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen) + 48 ppm Lead.

February 14, 2019December 9, 2019

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c. 2013 Yellow Le Creuset Frying Pan with Lid The owner of this #21 Le Creuset (Made In France) yellow 2-1/4 quart frying pan, told me he purchased it about 6 years ago — which would be c. 2013. He shared two pans with me, each that were purchased about the same time. Click here…

Light Blue & White Lodge Cast Iron Enameled Dutch Oven: 48 ppm Lead + 35 ppm Arsenic

January 14, 2019

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I tested this light blue Lodge enameled cast iron dutch oven lid back in 2015 (at the Portland Green Festival!) With more recently tested items I capture a much more comprehensive panel of test results, however with this one I just captured the following two sets of readings (which are enough to support my…

Dark Blue & White Lodge Cast Iron Enameled Dutch Oven (c. 2006): 1,693 ppm Lead + 555 ppm Arsenic

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019

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I tested this Lodge enameled cast iron dutch oven back in 2016. With more recently tested items I capture a much more comprehensive panel of test results, however with this one I just captured the following two sets of readings (which are enough to support my opinion that enameled cast iron should always be avoided…

Green+Life Saucepan: these pans are Lead-free, but I do not recommend them.

January 4, 2019November 13, 2021

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I don’t recommend any coated pans While this pan is Lead-free (and is also negative for other toxicants like Cadmium, Arsenic and Mercury) I would not personally choose to use something like this in my home. The main reason for my concern with a pan like this is that the surface coating wears off. I tried…

THIS is my NEW FAVORITE PAN (and that’s before I have even used it, LOL!)

December 7, 2018March 6, 2024

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SolidTeknics, Made in USA, frying pan (2018) 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)….

2018 Ikea Stainless 2.5 Liter Cooking Pot: #LeadFree and very low Nickel!

November 27, 2018August 30, 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,…

Ceramcor Xtrema “Metals-Free” Saucepan Positive For Lead, Cadmium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel, Chromium and other metals when tested with an XRF instrument.

August 3, 2018April 17, 2024

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In August of 2018 I tested yet another Ceramcor Xtrema “Lead-Free” pan that ended up being positive for lead.This pan was purchased direct from the company, c. November of 2016. These pans are advertised and promoted as being metals-free, and specifically as being lead-free — yet when they are tested with an XRF instrument the coatings have…

A New Trend In Stupidity: : Expensive Fancy Cookware with Leaded Brass Handles Is All The Rage In Kitchen “Fashion”

April 27, 2018August 20, 2022

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Words companies are currently using to describe their contemporary cookware that incorporates last-century high-lead-content brass decorative elements (these are screenshots from their websites:) Originally Published April 27, 2018 Updated: December 31, 2020 Decorative Leaded brass accents on new kitchenware. This one is a hard subject for me; I almost don’t know where to start…

#Leaded: Vintage Unmarked White Enamel Cooking Pot

December 19, 2017August 20, 2022

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Tested in 2014. This pot was positive for 463 ppm lead when tested with an XRF instrument. Age and maker are unknown. Most vintage enamelware is high lead. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead and higher (90 and up for coatings, 100 and…

#LeadFree: Stainless Steel Pan, Brand Unknown

December 10, 2017January 15, 2021

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Stainless steel pan. Brand unknown. Non-Detect (ND/ Negative) for lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury. All components tested with an XRF instrument. For those who are interested in stainless steel, this is SS #304 in all components that are metal. The make up of this SS #304 is 186,400 ppm chromium (Cr), 96,200 ppm nickel (Ni)…

Blue “Cornflower” Design Corningware Baking pan: Lead-Free (but this does not apply to all years of production for this pattern!)

April 13, 2017May 15, 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…

Q. Do cast iron pans ever test positive for Lead? A. Sometimes. Q. Are cast iron pans safe? A. Mostly! Click to read more.

December 30, 2015March 9, 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,…