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10 Minutes With Tamara Video: Mama Janice in Canada talks about Lead concerns in her daughter’s school

10 Minutes With Tamara Video: Mama Janice in Canada talks about Lead concerns in her daughter’s school

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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, LLC…

#Leaded: Painted Entry Door of San Francisco Middle School

#Leaded: Painted Entry Door of San Francisco Middle School

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Middle school entry door (touched by hundreds of children every single day!), painted area is positive for lead at 773 ppm lead. Tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. This lead level is a reading through several layers of paint and is likely reflective of an old leaded layer of paint underneath several newer layers…

#Leaded: Painted Metal Side of San Francisco Middle School Door

#Leaded: Painted Metal Side of San Francisco Middle School Door

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Middle school door side (touched by hundreds of children every single day!), positive for lead at 31,100 ppm lead. Tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. The amount of lead that is considered TOXIC for an item intended to be used by children on a regular basis (like a toy) is anything 90 parts per…

#Leaded: Handle to Main Door for San Francisco Middle School

#Leaded: Handle to Main Door for San Francisco Middle School

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Middle school door metal handle (touched by hundreds of children every single day!), positive for lead at 59,100 ppm lead. Tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. The amount of lead that is considered TOXIC for an item intended to be used by children on a regular basis (like a toy) is anything 90 parts…

My Son’s New School’s “Back-To-School” shopping list!

My Son’s New School’s “Back-To-School” shopping list!

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Well… the most exciting news here is the first four words of the title of this blog post!  I finally found a school for my youngest son Charlie!  Charlie was lead poisoned in-utero (most likely as a result of my lead exposure in 2005 when my two middle sons were exposed) and has a “severe…

Portland Public Schools Bond – Lead Crusade

Portland Public Schools Bond – Lead Crusade

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My family received this in the mail yesterday (4/27/2017). It is a political mass mailing about the 2017 Portland Public Schools Bond Measure 26-193, coming up for a vote next month (here in Portland, Oregon – USA.) I will be writing a blog post about my thoughts in response to this bond this weekend and will link…

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

Map: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools

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Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 30, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any of…