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 ...
Read More about Newman’s Own Newman-O’s Original Crème Filled Chocolate Cookies test positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium — September 2024 lab report
Recent & Important Articles:
“Lab Reports” Hiya is sending to Lead Safe Mama community members in response to inquiries about our findings of Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic in their Kids Daily Multivitamins
Published: September 18, 2024
To see an example of the lab reports Hiya is sending out, please scroll down (click the image of the first page on either of the "reports" linked below to see a full three-page report for each of the two flavors).
Examples of the lab reports Hiya ...
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Hiya responds to Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic findings in their Kids Daily Multivitamins
The response from Hiya is in the image below.
For my response (published on social media today), scroll down.
THREE IMAGES TOTAL (the image above and the two below):
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Dear @hiyahealth —
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The article you reference includes independent, third-party testing ...
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Baja Gold Salt Co. Mineral Sea Salt – Fine Grind (from Mexico) tests positive for Lead and Arsenic — September 2024 lab report
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 ...
Read More about Baja Gold Salt Co. Mineral Sea Salt – Fine Grind (from Mexico) tests positive for Lead and Arsenic — September 2024 lab report
Jacobsen Salt Company’s Pure Italian Fine Sea Salt (from Trapani, Italy) tests positive for Lead — September 2024 lab report
Of particular interest: While we have recommended the Jacobsen Salt Company Oregon Sea Salt (which has been demonstrated to consistently test either negative or very low for toxicants — here's a link to our most recent lab report), we do not recommend (and have not ...
Read More about Jacobsen Salt Company’s Pure Italian Fine Sea Salt (from Trapani, Italy) tests positive for Lead — September 2024 lab report
Hiya Kids Daily Multivitamins test positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Read the laboratory report here.
Quick Summary: All federal agencies agree there is no safe level of Lead exposure for children. None. Lead bio-mimics Calcium, which means it is absorbed by the body in place of Calcium by Calcium-dependent biological structures. This makes the presence of Lead in a children's ...
Read More about Hiya Kids Daily Multivitamins test positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Read the laboratory report here.
EllaOla Toddlers’ Unflavored Multivitamins test positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic. Laboratory report here.
Quick Summary: All federal agencies agree that there is no safe level of Lead exposure for children. None. Lead bio-mimics Calcium, which means it is absorbed by the body in the place of Calcium by Calcium-dependent biological structures. This makes the presence of Lead in a ...
Read More about EllaOla Toddlers’ Unflavored Multivitamins test positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic. Laboratory report here.
The “#1 Pediatrician Recommended” Flintstones Chewable Children’s Vitamins tested positive for unsafe level of Lead (and also Arsenic). Here’s the laboratory report.
Quick Summary: All federal agencies agree there is no safe level of Lead exposure for children. None. Lead bio-mimics Calcium, which means it is absorbed by the body in place of Calcium by Calcium-dependent biological structures. This makes the presence of Lead in a children's ...
Read More about The “#1 Pediatrician Recommended” Flintstones Chewable Children’s Vitamins tested positive for unsafe level of Lead (and also Arsenic). Here’s the laboratory report.
Saltverk Hand Harvested Flaky (white ) Sea Salt from Iceland tests positive for Arsenic — August 2024 lab report
Of particular interest: We previously tested the "Lava Salt" from this company (toxicant levels for the Lava Salt can be seen in the chart directly above).
While the white version of this salt tested "non-detect" for Lead (as we anticipated it would, based on ...
Read More about Saltverk Hand Harvested Flaky (white ) Sea Salt from Iceland tests positive for Arsenic — August 2024 lab report
Like all other USA-made wheat flours we have tested, Costco’s Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium. Read the August 2024 laboratory report.
Summary:
This All-Purpose, Organic flour from Costco tested positive for 12 parts per billion (ppb) Cadmium. A level of 12 ppb is 240% of the "Action Level" for Cadmium proposed within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 (2.4 times the level considered dangerous ...
Read More about Like all other USA-made wheat flours we have tested, Costco’s Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Cadmium. Read the August 2024 laboratory report.
Clean Label Project-Certified, Purity Award-Winning, SmartyPants Organic Prenatal Multi & Omegas gummy vitamins test positive for a higher level of Lead than M&M’s chocolate candies — here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
While this headline might seem alarmist, it's 100% factual. And while one might eat more M&M's in a single sitting (compared to the number of these Smarty Pants Organic Prenatal gummies one might take in a day), with the Organic "promise" and "Clean Label Project Purity Award" ...
Read More about Clean Label Project-Certified, Purity Award-Winning, SmartyPants Organic Prenatal Multi & Omegas gummy vitamins test positive for a higher level of Lead than M&M’s chocolate candies — here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
Hu Organic Snacking & Baking Dark Chocolate Gems test positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
Note: We have not yet raised all the necessary funds for covering the cost of testing and reporting on this product, however, we decided to send it to the lab anyway (since we had so many requests to test this product AND since Consumer Reports indicated in their 2022 report on ...
Read More about Hu Organic Snacking & Baking Dark Chocolate Gems test positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
Navitas Unsweetened Organic Cacao Powder tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium — August 2024 laboratory report
Summary:
When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered ...
Read More about Navitas Unsweetened Organic Cacao Powder tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium — August 2024 laboratory report
Nature Nate’s Better than Popcorn Popped Sorghum (in Rosemary & Garlic flavor) tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
Summary:
When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be ...
Read More about Nature Nate’s Better than Popcorn Popped Sorghum (in Rosemary & Garlic flavor) tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 laboratory report.
