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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Vintage Cherry Pattern Scoop (possibly Franciscan): 237,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is considered unsafe)
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Greenwood — Made in Staffordshire England — Hand Decorated Ironstone: 73,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe, most Ironstone has unsafe levels of Lead
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Greenwood — Made in Staffordshire England — Hand Decorated Ironstone: 73,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe, most Ironstone has unsafe levels of Lead
Pillivuyt French porcelain dish — Eclectique pattern: 15 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Pillivuyt French porcelain dish — Eclectique pattern: 15 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)
Cream-colored Corelle dish with birdhouses & planters: 303 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen) in the painted design
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Cream-colored Corelle dish with birdhouses & planters: 303 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen) in the painted design
Square Corelle dish with green leaf design: 291 ppm Cadmium. Total Cadmium-content in dishware is not regulated.
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Square Corelle dish with green leaf design: 291 ppm Cadmium. Total Cadmium-content in dishware is not regulated.
Corelle dish with blue and green floral pattern: 26,800 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids) + 127 ppm Cadmium
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Corelle dish with blue and green floral pattern: 26,800 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids) + 127 ppm Cadmium
Corelle dish with black square dot pattern: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free
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Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a ...
Read More about Corelle dish with black square dot pattern: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free
Corelle dish with lighthouse pattern: 351 ppm Cadmium on the food surface (40 and up is considered toxic for children)
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Corelle dish with lighthouse pattern: 351 ppm Cadmium on the food surface (40 and up is considered toxic for children)
Stan Pac Longmont (Colorado) Dairy Farm Reusable Glass Milk Bottle: 38,500 ppm Lead in the black paint.
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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 ...
Read More about Stan Pac Longmont (Colorado) Dairy Farm Reusable Glass Milk Bottle: 38,500 ppm Lead in the black paint.
Vintage child’s school desk painted with Lead paint (because of course it is!): 5,652 ppm Lead
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Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a ...
Read More about Vintage child’s school desk painted with Lead paint (because of course it is!): 5,652 ppm Lead
Amitié Lane Child’s bracelet from a music box set sold on Amazon: 320,500 ppm Cadmium! (Over 40 ppm is unsafe for kids)
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Amitié Lane Child’s bracelet from a music box set sold on Amazon: 320,500 ppm Cadmium! (Over 40 ppm is unsafe for kids)
Johnson Brothers ships pattern (c. 2005-2007) Made in England: 51,000 ppm Lead on the food surface
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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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Johnson Brothers ships pattern (c. 2005-2007) Made in England: 51,000 ppm Lead on the food surface
Wedgwood Queen’s Ware (c. 2005-2007) Penshur Street Place Kent “Romantic England”: 59,800 ppm Lead on the food surface
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Wedgwood Queen’s Ware (c. 2005-2007) Penshur Street Place Kent “Romantic England”: 59,800 ppm Lead on the food surface
Nicholas Mosse Pottery (c. 2014) Made in Ireland: 68,800 ppm Lead on the food surface
For those new to this 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
Read More about Nicholas Mosse Pottery (c. 2014) Made in Ireland: 68,800 ppm Lead on the food surface
