Lead paint on modern reusable milk bottles is a common problem.
I have several other posts about this subject and I encourage you to read those (as they each have more details on the subject) for some background on the issue start by clicking on this link for additional background information.Not ...
Read More about Smiling Hill Farm Dairy (Maine) glass milk bottle by StanPac: Painted with green & black Lead paint (33,600 ppm Lead, 90 is unsafe).
Recent & Important Articles:
China brands associated with “quality” aren’t necessarily safe. 2001 Lenox Butterfly Meadow pattern china: 63,700 ppm Lead.
Introduction to Tamara Rubin
(for those new to this website!)
Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning ...
Read More about China brands associated with “quality” aren’t necessarily safe. 2001 Lenox Butterfly Meadow pattern china: 63,700 ppm Lead.
Strafford Vermont Organic Creamery glass milk bottle by StanPac: Painted with red Lead paint (18,200 ppm Lead, 90 is unsafe)
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). ...
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“Made For Retail” Black Wood Tree (Made In China, $3): Lead-free, Mercury Free & Arsenic Free
Made For Retail Black Wood Tree
2020 Holiday Season Toy / Decor
When I first got this toy (it's like a toy tree for a child's wooden train set) I thought it was plastic but the label on it says it is wood, so we'll go with heavily finished wood (unless I hear otherwise!) This toy had the following ...
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December closed out 2020 in 6th place for #BestMonthEver here on the Lead Safe Mama site, thanks everyone!
End-of-Month Stats for December 2020 & EOY Stats for 2020, too!
December 2020 closed out the year in 6th place for #BestMonthEver on the Lead Safe Mama website, with over 272,730 unique page views in the month! Thanks, everyone, for being here.
Here are some of the other amazing ...
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Tamara’s Christmas Eve Interview w/ Jon Fishman, Phish Drummer & Parent of a Lead-Exposed Child
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 sons were acutely ...
Read More about Tamara’s Christmas Eve Interview w/ Jon Fishman, Phish Drummer & Parent of a Lead-Exposed Child
I wrote this on November 30, 2019… on the very real impacts of Lead Poisoning (“Stop worrying about shit, just do something!”)
Originally Posted on Facebook - November 30, 2019
Updates in Blue
LISTEN. I am in a bad mood today. You NEED to get how serious Lead is and how important prenatal and preconception testing is. Today my 11 year old (poisoned in utero) BUSTED OUR FRONT DOOR! And it is COLD outside and now there is a ...
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New #TenMinutesWithTamara video! Testing for Lead in vinyl blinds in a newer construction home (c. 1980-2000).
In this new ten minute video I show you how you can test your vinyl blinds for Lead yourself and what you need to do to clean up the mess (and get rid of the hazard) if you find Lead in your vinyl blinds! Please let me know if you have any questions. Here's my Amazon affiliate link for LeadCheck ...
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For those of you who have been following the drama with our house, here’s a pic from today…with the new roof!
The roof is done! Now we just need to deal with the gutted kitchen! Scroll down... three pictures + a video of our kitchen today!
Picture my husband took today: Monday - December 28, 2020
This is what the kitchen looked like (pretty much!) before the leak in the roof!
This is what the ...
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The Lead Safe Mama website just passed 3,000,000 page views for the second year in a row! Thank you!
December 29, 2020 Update - Tuesday ...
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How old are your child’s toys? Mega Bloks Large Yellow Building Block (c. 1990-2007?): 5,402 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 88 ppm Mercury
Introduction to Tamara Rubin
(for those new to this website!)
Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning ...
Read More about How old are your child’s toys? Mega Bloks Large Yellow Building Block (c. 1990-2007?): 5,402 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 88 ppm Mercury
Here’s The List Of The Top Ten Lead Safe Mama Posts for 2020…
Lead Safe Mama 2020 Top 10... - as of 12/26/2020 - 6 p.m. -
641,536 views - Vintage Corelle
71,636 views - Vintage Tupperware (yellow measuring cups)
60,904 views - Vintage Tupperware (yellow child's cup)
46,381 views - Which dishes are Lead-free?
42,737 views - Which dishes do ...
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December is closing out 2020 with another EXCELLENT month (in terms of the # of people reached with this info!) Thank you!
December 25, 2020 - Friday
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone! Today (Christmas Day) the month of December 2020 joined 7 other months of this *most interesting* year as one of the best months ever here on the Lead Safe Mama blog (in terms of the number of people reached ...
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Click through to watch the short teaser video from Tamara’s Xmas Eve Interview w/ Jon Fishman, drummer of Phish & parent of a Lead-exposed child.
We filmed a new #TenMinutesWithTamara interview today!
Today I had a great video chat with Jon Fishman (drummer of the band Phish) about "all things Lead" (including discussing his experience with his child's Lead exposure). The video below is a 4 minute teaser for the upcoming full ...
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