Prenatal

Tend Daily Prenatal Vitamin Bar For Mama + Baby in Lemon Berry Flavor Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

Tend Daily Prenatal Vitamin Bar For Mama + Baby in Lemon Berry Flavor Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Another prenatal vitamin has tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic after independent, third-party laboratory testing that Lead Safe Mama, LLC coordinated. We have not yet found a single prenatal vitamin that tested “non-detect” for toxicants. To see all of the prenatal vitamins we have sent in for laboratory…

Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal Whole Food Multivitamin (Nutritional Support for Mom & Baby) by Garden of Life tests positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal Whole Food Multivitamin (Nutritional Support for Mom & Baby) by Garden of Life tests positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Another unsafe prenatal vitamin. We have not yet found a single prenatal vitamin that tested “non-detect” for toxicants. To see all of the prenatal vitamins we have sent in for laboratory testing, click here. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent…

Garden of Life Organics Prenatal Multi Whole Food Multivitamin Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

Garden of Life Organics Prenatal Multi Whole Food Multivitamin Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The lab report for this prenatal vitamin shows the product tests positive for unacceptable levels of heavy metals. In addition to testing positive for Lead (a highly potent neurotoxin that interferes with fetal development, even at very low/ trace levels), and Cadmium (a known Carcinogen), the level of Arsenic…

Mary Ruth’s Prenatal & Postnatal Sugar Free Liquid Multivitamin (in Berry flavor)Tests Positive for Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

Mary Ruth’s Prenatal & Postnatal Sugar Free Liquid Multivitamin (in Berry flavor)Tests Positive for Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Batch info for the product we tested: Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While the amount of Lead found in these vitamins is relatively low (compared to Lead levels we have found in other similar products), it is the science-backed position of Lead Safe Mama, LLC that prenatal vitamins should not test positive for Lead…

Thorne Basic Prenatal Dietary Supplement For Pregnant and Nursing Women (Capsules) Tests Positive for Arsenic, Cadmium, & Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

Thorne Basic Prenatal Dietary Supplement For Pregnant and Nursing Women (Capsules) Tests Positive for Arsenic, Cadmium, & Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Quick note from Tamara Rubin: It is the position of Lead Safe Mama, LLC that prenatal vitamins should not test positive for Lead at levels above 2 parts per billion (ppb) (or less conservatively, definitely not at levels above 4 ppb). Prenatal vitamins should also not test positive for levels of Arsenic and Cadmium…

Ritual Essenital for Women Prenatal Multivitamin Capsules Test Positive for Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

Ritual Essenital for Women Prenatal Multivitamin Capsules Test Positive for Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

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   Batch info for the batch tested: Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While the amount of Lead found in these vitamins is relatively low (compared to Lead levels we have found in other similar products), it is the position of Lead Safe Mama, LLC that prenatal vitamins should not test positive for Lead at levels…

NatureMade Prenatal Folic Acid + DHA Softgels Multivitamin tests positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic — September 2024 Lab Report

NatureMade Prenatal Folic Acid + DHA Softgels Multivitamin tests positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic — September 2024 Lab Report

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   Note Re: Low Thresholds of Detection for this Report This report — similar to some of the other reports we are publishing this month — references different “low thresholds of detection” for some of the metals we are testing for (different than some of the reports we have shared previously). If you look back through…

Needed Prenatal Multi Capsules test positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic — September 2024 Lab Report

Needed Prenatal Multi Capsules test positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic — September 2024 Lab Report

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   Note Re: Low Thresholds of Detection for this Report This report — similar to some of the other reports we are publishing this month — references different “low thresholds of detection” for some of the metals we are testing for (different than some of the reports we have shared previously). If you look back through…

Clean Label Project-Certified, Purity Award-Winning, SmartyPants Organic Prenatal Multi & Omegas gummy vitamins test positive for a higher level of Lead than M&M’s chocolate candies — here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.

Clean Label Project-Certified, Purity Award-Winning, SmartyPants Organic Prenatal Multi & Omegas gummy vitamins test positive for a higher level of Lead than M&M’s chocolate candies — here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.

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   While this headline might seem alarmist, it’s 100% factual. And while one might eat more M&M’s in a single sitting (compared to the number of these Smarty Pants Organic Prenatal gummies one might take in a day), with the Organic “promise” and “Clean Label Project Purity Award” designation it would be reasonable for consumers…