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PYREX vs. pyrex, Lead Safe Mama Edition (video)

PYREX vs. pyrex, Lead Safe Mama Edition (video)

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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)…

Please stop using vintage Pyrex glassware for cooking & serving food — it’s often coated with high-Lead paint & can test positive for Cadmium, Arsenic

Please stop using vintage Pyrex glassware for cooking & serving food — it’s often coated with high-Lead paint & can test positive for Cadmium, Arsenic

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  Please watch this 10 minute video first: Here’s a short (2 min 55 seconds) follow-up video, too: This is an ad-free article. Advertising and affiliate income help Lead Safe Mama, LLC cover the costs of the work we do here (independent consumer goods testing and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy). We have removed ads from…

Newer Pyrex (Made in Germany) No. 1399 labware glass “water bottle”: 19,200 ppm Lead in the white painted markings on the outside of the bottle

Newer Pyrex (Made in Germany) No. 1399 labware glass “water bottle”: 19,200 ppm Lead in the white painted markings on the outside of the bottle

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The swab on the right is light pink from testing this bottle, even though it is over 19,000 ppm Lead. I uploaded two videos on YouTube about this bottle, too (each video is under three minutes long and discusses the specific concerns). Video #1 Video #2 For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a…