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#HealthyChild (Video)

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017

In early 2011 I won the #HealthyChildHealthyWorld “Mom On A Mission” award. Below is the video they put together for that award.

#AskTamara: Does my fidget spinner have unsafe levels of lead? 31 answers in 90 seconds! (video)

July 15, 2017December 28, 2018

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#AskTamara Question: Does my child’s fidget spinner have unsafe levels of lead? Answer: This video has 31 answers in just 90 seconds! [Scroll down to watch the video at the bottom of the post.] The video linked below shows the test results for 31 of the “fidget spinners” I tested (in no particular order), using an XRF…

#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),…

Fidget Spinner Testing, Episode 8 (video)

June 20, 2017June 23, 2017

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Coming to you from our “secret lab”… here’s our EIGHTH video doing Fidget Spinner Testing! We’re getting slammed with questions, so please only ask questions if you have already watched the whole video! 🙂 Thank you! This video includes testing of: Blue plastic fidget spinner with black bearings Red plastic fidget spinner with black bearings Blue…

Fidget Spinner Testing, Episode 7 (video)

June 20, 2017June 23, 2017

Coming to you from our “secret lab”… here’s our SEVENTH video doing Fidget Spinner Testing! We’re getting slammed with questions, so please only ask questions if you have already watched the whole video! 🙂 Thank you! Fidgets Tested in This Video Include: Dark Blue Plastic Fidget. Purple Plastic Fidget. Stainless Steel Silver Colored Fidget. Pink Metallic…

Fidget Spinner Testing, Episode 6 (video)

June 20, 2017June 23, 2017

Coming to you from our “secret lab”… here’s our SIXTH video doing Fidget Spinner Testing! We’re getting slammed with questions, so please only ask questions if you have already watched the whole video! 🙂 Thank you! Fidgets tested in this video include: Red Plastic Spinner with Black Bearings. Silver Metallic Plastic Spinner. Dark Green Cammo Plastic…

Fidget Spinner Testing, Episode 4 (video)

June 20, 2017June 23, 2017

Coming to you from our “secret lab”… here’s our FOURTH video doing Fidget Spinner Testing! We’re getting slammed with questions, so please only ask questions if you have already watched the whole video! 🙂 Thank you! This video includes testing of: Gray 3-D printed plastic fidget from FidgetPros. Light Pink 3-D printed plastic fidget from FidgetPros. Magenta…

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+…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart! Clear Glasses (video)

June 13, 2017May 5, 2023

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More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For more lead-free kitchen choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you! Clear Drinking Glasses from Tamara Rubin on Vimeo.

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Crockpots (video)

June 13, 2017June 20, 2017

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More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For lead-free kitchen choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Pioneer Woman Glasses (video)

June 13, 2017June 20, 2017

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More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For more lead-free glassware choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Pioneer Woman Dishes (video)

June 13, 2017November 5, 2018

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More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For lead-free dishware choices, click here! To support these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!

The First Three Fidget Spinners…. Episode 1 (Video!)

May 27, 2017June 20, 2017

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So!… I made an announcement to my friends on Facebook that I wanted to use an XRF instrument to test some examples of the current hottest-toy-on-the-market – “fidget spinners” – for lead. My friend Johna in Oklahoma was so lovely to send me a handful of them and I tested them as soon as my…

My Clorox Wipes Video or “How to clean up Lead dust.” – A short video by Lead Safe Mama, Tamara Rubin.

May 16, 2017January 20, 2023

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This post and video were originally published in November of 2014. This is the technique we used to clean up Lead dust in our home after our children were poisoned back in 2005. We know for sure this works because we had dust wipe samples (tests to determine Lead-levels in dust) taken both BEFORE and…

Lead-Away Sesame Street Video! (+ John Oliver)

April 13, 2017

Here’s the 1996 video from Sesame Street. “Lead Away!” And here’s the wonderful John Oliver piece that referenced it! (From April, 2016)

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Costume Jewelry

March 20, 2017June 4, 2017

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing costume jewelry hot of the display shelf at Target! Check out my #SaferChoices post about jewelry here! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Testing Clear Glass

March 20, 2017May 5, 2023

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing clear glass dishes hot of the display shelf at Target! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider clicking through to Amazon from one of my…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Vinyl T-Shirt Designs

March 20, 2017December 10, 2017

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing children’s t-shirts hot of the display shelf at Target! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider clicking through to Amazon from one of my…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting: Recycled Tinted Glass & Cocktails!

March 5, 2017January 28, 2018

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing recycled tinted glass from Spain, hot of the display shelf at Target! As we say in the video, recycled glass is often very high in lead. I can’t say from looking at a product if it is going to leach…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting at Target: Riedel Vivant “Crystal”

March 5, 2017November 18, 2018

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing Riedel Vivant lead-free “crystal” wine goblets hot of the display shelf at Target! Click here to see these goblets on Amazon. Learn more about concerns for leaded crystal here. If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting at Target! Corelle Dishes

March 5, 2017June 4, 2017

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Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing Corelle dishes hot of the display shelf at Target! The Bella Faenza white dishes were lead-free! Learn more about Corelle Dishes here & here. If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including…

#GuerrillaXRFTesting: Target Threshold 2017 White Dishes (video)

March 3, 2017May 17, 2024

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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…

XRFTesting: Instant Pot (Video)

January 29, 2017August 2, 2018

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We tested the Instant Pot today in a Facebook Live video! (Tested it for lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic – etc., – using an XRF Analyzer) Watch the video to see the testing results. Click the Facebook button on the video to share it from Facebook. Click the image below to check out Instant Pots on…