Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Lead Free & Cadmium Free!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Set Mug: Lead-Free, Cadmium-Free, Arsenic-Free – because of course it is! You rock Ellen! When tested with an XRF instrument, this gray and white Ellen show official set mug had the following readings: White text on outside of mug: Barium (Ba): 1,969 +/- 130 ppm Chromium (Cr): 2,924 +/- 191 ppm…
Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) Today Show: 830 ppm Cadmium (75 is illegal in Denmark)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this orange and white Today Show official set mug had the following readings: White on outside of mug: Lead (Pb): 88 +/- 23 ppm [considered safe by all standards.] Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-detect Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-detect Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-detect Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-detect…
Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) The Talk: 1,829 ppm Cadmium (75 ppm Cd is illegal in Denmark)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this mug had the following readings: White on outside of mug: Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-detect Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-detect Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-detect Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-detect Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-detect Barium (Ba): 1,867 +/- 204 ppm Zinc (Zn): 24,800 +/- 1,000 ppm Copper…
CertifiedKit.com just renewed their discount code for my readers! Your kids can test THEIR school’s water, too!
EXTRA! EXTRA! This just in! Thanks to Avi’s activism (this post here, in case you have not read it yet), the lead-in-water- test kit company that we used for the testing he did just renewed their discount code for my readers! A big thank you to all of my friends at www.CertifiedKit.com!!! *Full Disclosure: While…
My name is Avi Rubin. I’m 14. I was lead poisoned as a baby in 2005. Today (in 2019) my school is poisoning my friends.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Portland, Oregon My mom is one of the leading experts on Lead Poisoning Prevention in the world. She started doing Lead Poisoning Prevention advocacy because I was acutely Lead-Poisoned as a baby (when I was 7 months old.) [See Avi’s story here.] I have been very interested in her work for…
A request: Do you want to help make sure this work keeps going? Here’s how you can help…
Wanna Help? 1) Go to my website… LeadSafeMama.com. 2) Pick one of today’s top posts and click on the link (choose from one of the first 12 posts on the home page). 3) Copy the link. 4) Paste the link on to your Facebook page news feed! [Or paste it in a Twitter post]……
Gray [2019 – Fred Meyer] Large Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Large square-shaped new (purchased in 2019 at Fred Meyer’s) gray vinyl-coated (“rubberized”) garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings: Testing was done on the gray vinyl coated component of the hook. Barium (Ba): 154 +/- 42 ppm Bromine (Br): 7 +/- 3 ppm Tin…
Red, Newer (year/vendor unknown) Large Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Large square-shaped newer (specific year of purchase/manufacture is unknown – sorry!) red vinyl-coated (“rubberized”) garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings: Testing was done on the red vinyl coated component of the hook. Barium (Ba): 295 +/- 41 ppm Bromine (Br): 9 +/- 4…
Red, Newer (year/vendor unknown) Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this newer (specific year of purchase/manufacture is unknown – sorry!) red vinyl-coated (“rubberized”) garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings: Testing was done on the red vinyl coated component of the hook. Barium (Ba): 398 +/- 42 ppm Zinc (Zn): 482 +/- 31 ppm Iron…
Yellow Vinyl Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook (c. 2002, Home Depot): 4,440 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe in kids items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument, the yellow vinyl-coated steel garage / bike storage hook (purchased new at Home Depot in 2002) had the following readings: Yellow “rubberized” component tested Lead (Pb): 4,440 +/- 83 ppm Barium (Ba): 213 +/- 37 ppm Chromium (Cr): 903 +/- 133 ppm Bromine (Br): 18 +/- 5 ppm Zinc…
This is one of my FAVORITE toys to get my kids — and it is only 25 cents!! [And you can get them all over the country!]
While I generally try to avoid plastic toys for my children, I make some exceptions for simple, durable things that are not battery-operated. Having been dead-broke for the past several years has also colored what we are able to get for our children as gifts, plus – of course – I have to know it is…
One of my favorite gifts for special needs kids (all kids really!): Kleynimals’ Jangles Fidget Toy made of high quality Stainless Steel [#LeadFree! + Discount Code for LSM readers!]
Published: May 31, 2019 Updated: December 7, 2021 Kleynimals is a woman-owned small business that makes products here at home in the United States. They have a really fun line of high quality Stainless Steel products for babies and young children and I encourage you to check out everything they have to offer on their…
In response to the fidget spinner craze of 2017, Kleynimals created a non-toxic fidget. Here’s one kiddo’s reaction to getting Jangles as a gift.
A while back, Kirsten at Kleynimals gave me a box of her products to give away as prizes at some childhood Lead poisoning prevention outreach events I did around the country. At these events parents bring me consumer goods (including toys) to test for the presence of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and Mercury (using XRF technology.)…
Lead Safe Mama is 247 “likes” away (on Facebook) from giving away a set of Caveman Cups to one lucky follower!
As soon as we reach 24,000 “likes” @LeadSafeMama on Facebook I will be giving away the set of Caveman Cups pictured below to one lucky Facebook follower chosen at random! Here’s my Amazon affiliate link for the Caveman Cups being given away: https://amzn.to/311bwjh* If you haven’t yet “liked” the LeadSafeMama Facebook page, please join us there…
Mikasa Narumi Japan “Winthrop” Fine China: 4,355 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this Mikasa Narumi Japan “Winthrop” Fine China plate (with silver and gray edging) had the following readings: Silver/Gray edging of food surface of dish: Lead (Pb): 4,355 +/- 95 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect Mercury (Hg: Negative / Non-Detect Barium (Ba): Negative / Non-Detect Chromium (Cr): 159 +/- 67…
White Ceramic Royal Stafford Fine Earthenware English Bowl: 66,300 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this white glazed ceramic Royal Stafford Fine Earthenware (Made In England) bowl had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 66,300 +/- 2,000 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect Mercury (Hg: Negative / Non-Detect Barium (Ba): 1,041 +/- 119 ppm Chromium (Cr): Negative / Non-Detect Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-Detect Selenium…
More fun with Stats: #LeadSafeMama is closing out May 2019 with nearly 1,900,000 views to date for the year.
More fun with stats! We’re going to be closing out May 2019 with more than a million more views on my site for the year (to date) than what I had in all of 2018. In 2018 the total page views on this site was 859,201. In 2019 YTD (actually as of this moment, not…
Variations on a theme: Today my website is the 381,338th most popular site in the United States. (WHAAAA!) 🙂
The other day, when I first posted about this, my website was the 556,469th most popular website on the globe. In the last two days my rank moved “up” to 551,903rd most popular site on the globe. Even more exciting… today my site is the 381,338th most popular site in the United States – up…
1990 Mirage Studios Playmates Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Figurine: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
Every single color of this little Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figurine was tested and not one of them was positive for anything bad (from the standpoint of XRF detectable metals discoverable in consumer goods mode). This figurine from 1990 was negative / non-detect for the following metals when tested with an XRF instrument: Cadmium Lead…
1988 Mirage Studios Playmates Toys (Made in Macao) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael Figurine: Lead Free
Every single color of this little Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figurine was tested and not one of them was positive for anything bad (from the standpoint of XRF detectable metals discoverable in consumer goods mode). This figurine from 1988 was negative / non-detect for the following metals when tested with an XRF instrument: Cadmium Lead…
I’m so excited about the new shirt that my friend made me! I’m going to be my own x-ray signage at events!
I’m such a geek! I came up with this really silly idea and my friend Nicole helped me make it happen! When doing XRF testing for events I am required to have some signage in the room that I am working in. I usually have signage both in-and-on the XRF case that satisfies the signage I…
“Sliver” Swiss cheese knife: 19,300 +/- 800 ppm Lead in handle (for context: ≥90 ppm is unsafe in children’s items)
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 Mama,…
Small Blue Enamelware Camping Cup / Espresso Cup: 48 ppm Lead, 63 ppm Arsenic, 137 ppm Antimony – three neurotoxins.
The pictures of this cup demonstrate how it is a perfect example of what regularly eventually happens to enamel cups with normal use. In this instance the chipping of the enamel is happening both on the outside and the inside of the cup (similar to the red one posted earlier). This cup (and it’s red…
Small Red Enamelware Camping Cup / Espresso Cup: 8,851 ppm Cadmium [≥40 ppm is illegal in Washington State]
The pictures of this cup demonstrate how it is a perfect example of what regularly eventually happens to enamel cups with normal use. In this instance the chipping of the very-high-Cadmium-containing enamel is happening both on the outside and the inside of the cup. This cup clearly demonstrates why, in my opinion, enamelware should really…