LeadSafeMama.com broke two more records today! 2,000,000 all-time views + 300,000 views in one month!
Thank you for being here and thank you for reading my posts! My husband has expressed the concern that I am posting too many posts with milestones and statistics — but it’s hard not to, when my blog readership and site visits and shares keep breaking records! I truly want you all to know the…
Why do VINTAGE plastics (like Fisher Price & Tupperware) often contain Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, & Cadmium?
For starters, please consider reading this linked study (click the image below) which discusses this concern in detail: There are two reasons vintage plastics often have Lead: In brightly-colored vintage plastics, the metallic toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium) are often used as components of colorants in the plastics. I have also found that vintage flexible/pliable…
Ecology Center | Gillian Miller | Research | Research Study | Studies | Study | Tupperware | Vintage Plastic | Vintage Tupperware | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Scientific research paper from 2015 confirming the presence of toxicants in vintage plastics.
For those in the Tupperware camp who just can’t believe that there are toxic heavy metals in their vintage plastic dishes, I share this with you. Below is a link to a research paper from 2015 which confirmed the presence of heavy metals in vintage plastics (specifically looking at vintage plastic toys). This is a…
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#LeadSafeMama just passed 23,000 Followers on Facebook! And the winner is…
A while back I posted that as soon as #LeadSafeMama hit 23,000 followers on Facebook to celebrate and mark the occasion I would give away a set of #LeadFreeDishes to one randomly selected person from the list of followers. So today, 3/14/2019 #LeadSafeMama reached that milestone and later today I will randomly choose one lucky follower…
With the incredible growth & expanded reach of my website, I’m looking for a business loan or “angel investor.”
271,828 views already in March alone (by 4:36 p.m. today) — and we’re not even half-way through the month! Imagine how much more productive and impactful my work would be if I could afford resources like AN OFFICE and CHILDCARE! 😉 _________ Do you know someone who (or some program that) might be a good…
Orange Vintage Tupperware | plastic | Plastic Cup | Tupperware | Vintage Tupperware | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Tupperware ORANGE cup: 3,270 ppm Cadmium + 1,058 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)
To read details about the concern for toxicants in vintage Tupperware products, I encourage you to read my original post on the subject here (and – if you have time – please also read all of the comments and responses on that post for the full conversation.) Thank you! Scroll down to see all…
Brown | Brown Plastic | Brown Vintage Tupperware | Tupperware | Vintage | Vintage Dishes | Vintage Plastic | Vintage Tupperware | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Tupperware BROWN bowl: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic!
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
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Vintage Tupperware YELLOW bowl: 2,677 ppm Cadmium + 15 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
#BestDayEver | #BestMonthEver | #NewBestDayEver | #NextBestMonthEver | #TupperwareGate2019 | Best Month Ever | Stats | Stats Graph | Tupperware
Thank you everyone for reading my website and sharing it with your friends. #NewBestDayEver: 106,485 unique views in one day! New #BestMonthEver, too!
I’m celebrating!!!!! Yesterday was officially the #BestDayEver here on my website, with 106,485 unique views in a single day! This was primarily due to my posts related to vintage Tupperware (link here) testing positive for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic when tested with an XRF instrument. We’ve officially dubbed this #TupperwareGate2019 and it has also brought…
California | Soil | Soil Remediation | Soil Testing | Soil Toxicity | Topanga Canyon | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Soil from Topanga / Calabasas, CA (XRF test results, March 2019).
Note: IF you are sending me soil samples to test, please follow the instructions on the link below very carefully and please send no more than one teaspoon to one tablespoon of soil per sample. When larger amounts of soil are sent, especially when surface soil is intermingled with soil under the surface, the readings are…
Green | Green Plastic | Green Vintage Tupperware | Tupperware | Vintage | Vintage Americana | Vintage Dishes | Vintage Plastic | Vintage Tupperware | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Tupperware GREEN bowl: 2,780 ppm Lead + 234 ppm Arsenic (both metals are poisonous to humans)
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
Band-Aid | Band-Aids | Leaded Medical Supplies | Tin | Vintage | Vintage Band-Aid Tin | Vintage Tin | Vintage Tin Container | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Oh the irony! Vintage metal Band-Aid tin, painted in Lead Paint! 2,193 +/- 147 ppm Lead! [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage Band-Aid box had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 2,193 +/- 147 ppm Chromium (Cr): 1,022 +/- 126 ppm Zinc (Zn): 2,897 +/- 267 ppm Copper (Cu): 433 +/- 172 ppm Iron (Fe): 851,800 +/- 1,800 ppm Titanium (Ti): 128,600 +/- 1,200 ppm Cobalt (Co): 8,264 +/- 1,305…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | 1970s | 1976 | Campbell’s Soup | Ceramic | Ceramic Mug | Ceramic Mugs | Ceramic Soup Mug | Leaded China | Made In Brazil | Mug | Mugs | Mugs With Cadmium | Soup Mug | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Campbell’s Soups Salute America 1976 Ceramic Mug: 65,300 ppm Lead + 882 ppm Cadmium [mm ‘Lead is good food!’ NOT]
When tested with an XRF instrument the vintage ceramic mug pictured here (Campbell’s Soups Salute America” – Made in Brazil) tested positive for the following metals when tested with an XRF instrument: White undecorated elements of mug (including inside of mug): Lead (Pb): 21,600 +/- 700 ppm Zinc (Zn): 11, 100 +/- 400 ppm Copper…
1980 | 1980s | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | Camp Snoopy | Cartoon Character Glass | Character Glass | Charlie Brown | Collectible Glass | Drinking Glasses | Glass | Glasses | Glassware | McDonald | McDonald’s | Snoopy | United Feature Syndicate | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
McDonald’s (c. 1980s?) Camp Snoopy Collection Glass: 85,100 ppm Lead + 1,827 ppm Cadmium + 99 ppm MERCURY!
To see more McDonald’s branded items I have tested, click here. When tested with an XRF instrument this Camp Snoopy collectable drinking glass (promotional giveaway from McDonald’s c. 1980s) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 85,100 +/- 1,800 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 1,827 +/- 74 ppm Mercury (Hg): 99 +/- 39 ppm Chromium (Cr): 3,061 +/-…
1990s | 1996 | Cartoon Character Glass | Character Glass | Disney | Disney World | Glasses | Glassware | McDonald | McDonald’s | Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse Glass | Walt Disney | Walt Disney Productions | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
c. 1996 Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Disney World 25th Anniversary Glass: 73,300 ppm Lead + 1,855 ppm Cadmium
Remember the Magic … with a dash of LEAD! (And Cadmium for good measure.) 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…
#420 | #ClearGlass | 420 | Ad-Free Article | Borosilicate Glass | Cannabis | Clear Glass | Glass | Sneaky Pete | Sneaky Pete Vaporizers | Vape | Vaping | Vaporizer | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Paint on Brand new (2019) Sneaky Pete Vaporizer Borosilicate Glass Vape Tube: 6,827 ppm Lead, 2,233 ppm Cadmium, & 807 ppm Arsenic
This is an ad-free article. 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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been…
Lawyers | Legal Bills | Legal Drama | Legal Issues | Legal Mess | My 2017 Arrest | Tamara Legal | Tamara’s Story
So… what happened at the hearing on February 19th? How did it go? What’s the latest with your legal case, Tamara?
Subtitle: OH MY F’in GOD! Are you F’IN kidding me!!!!! REALLY!!!??? HOW BROKEN IS THE F’in SYSTEM? And here’s what my 14-year-old son, Avi said when he heard about how the day went (when we got home from the hearing): “What, Mom – are they going to drag this out forever?” #SmartKid! … and “apparently…
Where’s #LeadSafeMama? Upcoming Travel Schedule Spring 2019: Florida, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Seattle, Denver?
Hello friends! Periodically I post my travel schedule — in case I am going to be where YOU are and we can connect (for an event? a speaking engagement? a Healthy Home Consultation? dinner?)! I love traveling; I love working, and of course, I also need to earn money to “feed” my kids [and…
Lead Safe Mama’s Legal Battle: A brief update (more shortly!)
Dear friends, The legal battle in defense of my advocacy work rages on, and the costs continue as well. If you are new to my list and have no idea what I am talking about, click here to read my update from October 2018. For the latest detailed update – stand by and keep an eye out…
At this rate, LeadSafeMama will see it’s 2,000,000th page-view by the end of May 2019!
Thank you everyone! It will be fun to see when this prediction comes through.
#LeadSafeMama Stats: 92,404 page-views by 27,496 readers in 109 countries in February of 2019!
For those who have as much fun as I do following my website and social media stats, here are my stats for February 2019! Thank you for reading (and thank you for sharing my posts – because that’s what generated these numbers! – you sharing my posts with your friends.) As always, please let me…
The “Sugar Packet Football Field” Illustration: How much Lead in dust does it take to poison a child?
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#LeadSafeMama Stats: 196,071 page-views by 74,633 readers in 140 countries in January of 2019!
For those who have as much fun as I do following my website and social media stats, here are my stats for JANUARY 2019. Thank you for reading (and thank you for sharing my posts – because that’s what generated these numbers! – you sharing my posts with your friends.) As always, please let me…
#GlassBottles | #LeadedBabyBottle | Baby Bottle | Baby Bottles | Baby Bottles With Lead | Glass Bottle | Glass Bottles | Lead Paint | Lead Painted Baby Bottle | Lead Painted Glass | Leaded Baby Bottle | Nuk | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
ANOTHER Lead-painted glass baby bottle – 2018 Nuk: 19,900 ppm Lead, 90 is unsafe. Why is the CPSC ignoring this?
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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…