Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Nearly 53,000 Nerf Hasbro Super Soaker toy water guns [sold exclusively at Target] have been recalled for a CPSC Lead content standard violation. Here's the link to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the standards that were violated by this toy.) The ...
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Today (Thur. 8/13) is Day 2 of the FREE Integrative Pediatrics Summit! Click to see the speaker lineup! My presentation is tomorrow – 8/14!
Below is a note from Dr. Gator! My session of this FREE pediatric health conference is tomorrow (Friday, August 14th) - so please tune in!)
Welcome to Day 2 of the Integrative Pediatrics Summit! We're so glad you’re here with us.
Every day of the summit focuses on one of the ...
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I am “speaking” (virtually) at a pediatric health summit that starts tomorrow. Speakers also include Hilary Duff & many other parent advocates & health professionals.
I am a speaker in this pediatric health summit that starts tomorrow, please check it out! Start by reading the e-mail below, but here's the link with more info too.
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From Dr. Gator:
The Integrative Pediatrics Summit starts tomorrow!
We’re at a turning point in history. Our kids are getting ...
Read More about I am “speaking” (virtually) at a pediatric health summit that starts tomorrow. Speakers also include Hilary Duff & many other parent advocates & health professionals.
Your kids can enter an art contest in AUSTRALIA this week (and they may just win a prize!) Please click through for details.
Link to enter: https://volcanoartprize.com
The Volcano Art Prize
With Lead Safe World - out of Australia
a project of Australia's L.E.A.D. Group!
This is a SUPERFUN STAY-AT-HOME-YET-IMPACT-THE-WORLD ACTIVITY for you and your kids to participate in today (or anytime in the next week!) The ...
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A Lead Safe Mama update and a request, as we head in to August…
Hey friends! I showed this graph (the first image) to my son Avi and he said "Mom! Your website is recovering!" (He's such a smart kid!)
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This month has been so busy. Unfortunately, it's been busy mostly because I have been helping families nonstop -families with newly diagnosed cases of ...
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This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like on a stainless steel water bottle. Please read the full piece if you have questions.
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 ...
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XRF test results for wedding ring set: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free. Trace Cadmium (safe by all standards).
Ring one - with bent metal band - images above:
#1.) Test on the band
Cadmium (Cd): 40 +/- 8 ppm
Silver (Ag): 47 +/- 7 ppm
Gold (Au): 28,700 +/- 1,000 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 14,300 +/- 400 ppm
Copper (Cu): 54,900 +/- 1,200 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 20,400 +/- 600 ppm
Indium (In): 31 +/- 11 ...
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Red Waechtersbach German Nesting Bowl: 107,500 ppm Lead + 20,600 ppm Cadmium. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.
Red Waechtersbach Nesting Bowl purchased at Good Will (in 2020) for $1.99.
Made in Germany
To see more pieces by Waechtersbach that I have tested, click here.
When tested with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 107,500 ...
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Custom dental appliance: non-detect (negative) for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium & Antimony.
Custom Dental Appliance
Below are the XRF Test results for the custom dental appliance pictured here. Please scroll down through all of the images below as well. Each component was tested for a minimum of 60 seconds with the results reported below. Tests were repeated multiple times on each ...
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1902 Keystone View Company Antique Stereoview Image Card: 1,991 ppm Lead + 204 ppm Arsenic.
From the following website (link):
"The Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 by B. L. Singley in Meadville, Pennsylvania. This might not sound like an auspicious location, far from the photographic centers of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and originally the operation did indeed have a ...
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Vintage (c. 1990s) Rubbermaid plastic container with yellow lid: 577 ppm Lead + 27 ppm Cadmium + 76 ppm Arsenic.
When tested with an XRF Instrument the Rubbermaid container pictured here had the following readings (scroll down for additional image of this food storage bowl):
In the yellow component of the lid:
Lead (Pb): 577 +/- 32 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 27 +/- 14 ppm
Arsenic (As): 76 +/- 24 ppm ...
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Faux 1922 Peace silver dollar with skeleton head: 1,639 ppm Arsenic. Please don’t use collectable coins as fidgets.
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-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 ...
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California rubberized magnet: 67,300 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe. Magnets are not considered to be toys.
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 ...
Read More about California rubberized magnet: 67,300 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe. Magnets are not considered to be toys.
Washington State rubberized magnet: 9,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids. Magnets are not considered to be children’s items.
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 ...
Read More about Washington State rubberized magnet: 9,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids. Magnets are not considered to be children’s items.
