Shoe Archives - Lead Safe Mama

Starry Knight children’s shoes (Montana) in light brown: Non-Detect for Lead, Arsenic, Antimony & Mercury. [20 ppm Cadmium in the black sole.]

December 17, 2021December 19, 2021

Starry Knight Designs, Inc StarryKnightDesign.com Made in Montana, USA Leather Baby Shoes XRF test results below are for the light-brown version of this shoe. The leather upper and interior of these shoes is very clean (as far as leather goes) – with Chromium being the primary metal used in the tanning process (this is standard…

Off-Brand Faux Leather Black Button Up Baby Shoes: 3,883 ppm Lead + 51 ppm Arsenic! [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids]

November 4, 2018March 22, 2019

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These shoes are unbranded with no information about the make or marker. When tested with an XRF instrument the small buttons (picture below) on these shoes had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 3,883 +/- 77 ppm Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect/Negative Arsenic (As): Non-Detect/Negative Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect/Negative Barium (Ba): 274 +/- 133 ppm Nickel (Ni): 15 +/- 9 ppm…

#XRFTesting: Monkey Feet Brown Leather Buckle Shoes

September 19, 2018January 2, 2023

#XRFTesting: Monkey Feet Brown Leather Buckle Shoes Originally Published: September 19, 2018 Updated: January 2, 2023 Scroll down to see the full XRF Test results for the pair of children’s shoes pictured. This testing was done (& reported on) on September 19, 2018. We have not tested any other examples from this brand since that…

#LeadFree: Mini Star Leather Baby Shoes With Puppy Dogs

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018

These Mini Star brand leather baby shoes (with a puppy dog design) were tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. They were negative for lead. Exact date of manufacture is unknown. Click here to see more baby shoes that I have tested. Here’s an example of a new shoe from this company (on Amazon).* *Amazon…

Do brand new baby shoes have lead in 2018? (Video)

June 18, 2018September 19, 2018

#AskTamara Question: Do brand new baby shoes have lead in 2018? Answer: Yes, they do! (They can, they may… but most shouldn’t!) Watch this short video (just 2 minutes & 55 seconds!) to learn about how to find safer choices in baby shoes for your little ones! To see more baby shoes I have tested, click here!…

#LeadFree: Golden “Romirus” Baby Shoes

March 9, 2018June 18, 2018

These golden baby shoes were shipped direct from China in 2018, so they may or may not be a knock off of this brand of shoe, however they did test negative for lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury when tested with an XRF instrument. All accessible components tested.

Gold Painted Leather Baby Shoes: 1,674 ppm Lead [above 90 ppm is unsafe (& illegal) in children’s items.]

March 9, 2018June 25, 2019

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When the owner of these shoes came to a testing event I did (early 2018), she had a few of her dishes and other household items with her to be tested. Then one of the other mothers there suggested her baby’s shoes be tested (as she was already on her way out the door!) These…

#AskTamara – Question: Do Walmart jelly shoes have Lead? & if not, why do people think they do? [Video]

June 23, 2017May 24, 2019

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In response to concern of parents around the country about the potential for lead (Pb) contamination in “Jelly Shoes” sold by Walmart, I decided to take a trip to Walmart with my friend Carissa from Creative Green Living and to bring with us an X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer (also called an XRF or an XRF Instrument),…

Viral Again! Walmart Jelly Shoes (Video)

June 20, 2017June 27, 2018

Carissa and I posted this video (embedded video is at the bottom of the page) on Facebook yesterday evening at 5:27 p.m. Just over 25 hours later, at 6:37 p.m. tonight, the video had 22,000+ views and the post had reached 73,494 people! Just 19 minutes later I checked back and the views were at 23,000+…

Older [Pre-2010] Robeez-Style Baby Shoes: 626 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is considered illegal & unsafe for kids today.

February 2, 2017November 7, 2019

Originally posted February 2017 Updated November 2019 When tested with an XRF instrument, this older Robeez* baby shoe tested positive for Lead with the following readings: 626 ppm Lead (yellow areas of the shoe) 264 ppm Lead (red areas of this shoe) 40 ppm Lead (brown sole of the shoe) – – – please continue…