The post I shared on Instagram today...
❣️This photo is from when I was the opening speaker for a presentation with Erin Brockovich. I brought a prop with me — a yellow vintage Pyrex mixing bowl — to show Erin how I test consumer goods for Lead using XRF technology (and also to ...
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Glass milk bottles from Oregon to Maine have Lead painted markings. This example from New Hampshire tested positive for 40,400 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 ...
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This piece links to all Lead Safe Mama milk bottle articles & I’m interested in testing more milk bottles, too!
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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Today’s Theme #Mikasa: Click to check out links to every article we have written about MIKASA brand products
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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Today’s Theme #Spode: Click to see links to all the articles I have written about SPODE brand products
For those new to this website:
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 ...
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YO! Stop poisoning the planet, Tiffany & Co! It’s 2020! #KnowBetterDoBetter. Today I found 47 LEADED items for sale on Tiffany’s website.
Introduction to Tamara (for those new to the site!)
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 prevention ...
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10 Minutes With Tamara Video: Mama Janice in Canada talks about Lead concerns in her daughter’s school
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 ...
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Vintage 1983 Made in Hong Kong G1 My Little Pony Sundance Pony With Circle of Hearts Cutie Mark: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-Free
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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Vintage 1987 Made in China G1 My Little Pony Strawberry Surprise Pony With Strawberries & Cream Cutie Mark: Lead-free, Mercury-free, Arsenic-free
Introduction (for those new to this website):
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 ...
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My son Charlie wanted me to make list of his favorite movies. I decided to write it here so I wouldn’t misplace the list!
What are YOUR kids’ favorite movies?
Here are my son Charlie’s top pics!
Charlie - Age 12-1/2 (2020)
The Cat Returns
Wolf Walkers
Song of the Sea
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
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Fagus wooden crane attachment for basic wooden truck toy: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free – in all components.
nContinue reading below the image.
Published: December 14, 2020
Fagus Crane for Basic Wooden Truck
When members of a Facebook group for wooden toys tested this item (earlier this year) using different methodologies (XRF testing and reactive agent testing using a home kit), they had mixed (and ...
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This Nerf Super Soaker XP20 water gun (sold at Target) was recalled — but BABY BOTTLES with greater Lead levels were NOT. Why?
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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From readers: Our Place says their Always Pan is Lead-free. They sent me their test results. Tamara, can you explain?
Please read the full post
(below the linked report from the manufacturer.)
December 11, 2020 - Friday
In response to the original article I wrote - with the testing results for the XRF testing (total metals content testing) we did on the Always Pan (link here), readers of the Lead ...
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“Lead-Free/ Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan (From Our Place) tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 other metals using XRF technology
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