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“Belt Stripe Tape” sold by The Martial Arts Supermarket in 2022…the package is clearly marked “WARNING: Cancer” — yet it is sold for teachers to use to mark kids’ belts.

“Belt Stripe Tape” sold by The Martial Arts Supermarket in 2022…the package is clearly marked “WARNING: Cancer” — yet it is sold for teachers to use to mark kids’ belts.

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Published: March 7, 2022 – Monday Last month (just about a week ago actually!), after I published the post discussing the concern for industrial-quality (commercial-grade) electrical tape being used to mark children’s martial arts belts (link here), I heard back from so many parents with more information about this problem… I learned that not only…

1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along book: 17 ppm Lead (safe by all standards.)

1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along book: 17 ppm Lead (safe by all standards.)

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…

1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along tape: 495 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe), 35 ppm Arsenic.

1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along tape: 495 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe), 35 ppm Arsenic.

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…