Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour (aka Tapioca Starch) tests positive for Lead (but at “relatively safe” levels)
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,…
Cerebelly’s response to customers — Monday, June 24, 2024
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,…
Why are Clean Label Project Purity Award “winning” products testing positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic?
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,…
Neurosurgeon with Stanford PhD in Developmental Neurobiology creates & sells baby food product with “anti-cancer” messaging that tests positive for an unsafe level of a known carcinogen
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,…
Food Testing Fundraising Campaigns Update — All Batches of Lead Safe Mama, LLC Food Testing (2024)
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Kit to test your body for metals (including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Nickel, & more!) now available on Amazon
Published: June 18, 2024 Tuesday Doctor’s Data tests (for testing your hair or urine for metals, including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Nickel, Aluminum, and more!) are now available on Amazon. Here’s our aflink: https://amzn.to/4eqHwmN. – These tests are very useful if you don’t already have a baseline heavy metals test in your medical file,…
Are you suffering from “snack paralysis?” Are you concerned that “all snacks test positive for Lead?” Here are some safer snack ideas for your kids!
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,…
June 2024 Amazon Picks for Lead-Free Choices For Your Home & Home Test Kits That Actually Work!
Published: June 15, 2024 Saturday Hello! Here’s our June 2024 list of Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s picks available on Amazon*, including some Lead-free product choices and Lead-testing resources, too! We share these choices with the Lead Safe Mama community each month, because you ask! Thank you for checking these out. – Before we get…
Unpacking Lesser Evil’s Public Response (June 2024) to Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Children’s Food Products
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,…
Today’s Newsletter: People on the interwebs have their panties in a twist because we are planning on testing Froot Loops!
June 15, 2024Saturday Hello from Big Bear Lake, California (we’ve gotten so many miles in over the past couple of weeks, helping families from Northern Oregon to Southern California and beyond!)… Today we created five new GoFundMe campaigns for food testing (based on requests from Lead Safe Mama community members around the world and across…
When should babies be tested for Lead? How often should babies be tested for Lead?
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, LLC…
The Summer Disease: Why More American Children are Lead-Poisoned in Summer
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…
2nd Best May Ever for Lead Safe Mama, LLC — Final May 2024 Outreach Numbers
May 2024 Final Numbers Side by Side of April 2024 & May 2024 Final Numbers This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution that helps us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. Sunday — June 2, 2024 Hello all! – Each month (at the beginning of the month) we share…
Best April Ever for Lead Safe Mama, LLC — Final Outreach Numbers for April 2024
This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution that helps us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. Sunday — June 2, 2024 Hi all! I never got around to publishing the final April 2024 numbers here on the website. Here’s the text I shared on social media along with this…
Fundraiser to Cover the Cost of Independent Laboratory Testing of Birch Benders Micro-Pancakery Paleo Grain-Free Pancake & Waffle Mix
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,…
Fundraiser to Cover the Cost of Independent Laboratory Testing of Jovial Organic Gluten Free Grain Free Cassava Fusilli
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,…
Fundraiser to Cover the Cost of Independent Laboratory Testing of One Degree Organic Foods Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats
Update – June 1, 2024 – 1:30 PST: This project was fully funded – and then some! – within two hours of publishing the GoFundMe campaign! Any additional funds raised beyond the costs for testing and reporting on this product will be allocated towards the cost of testing and reporting on another product that Lead…
Fundraiser to Cover the Cost of Independent Laboratory Testing of Seven Sundays Real Cocoa Sunflower Cereal
Update – June 1, 2024 – 12:30 PST: $145 has been raised in support of this testing so far. A full budget detailing the costs of testing that we are working to cover for each of the food products that Lead Safe Mama community members have asked us to test is included in the GoFundMe…
Fundraiser to Cover the Laboratory Testing of Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All Purpose Flour
12:14 p.m. PST – June 1, 2024 UPDATE: The funding to cover the laboratory testing of this product was raised in just about 12 hours! Thank you! 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…
Nine Pieces of Toxic Tupperware & Safer Alternatives for Your Family
Published: May 26, 2024 — Sunday Any sales noted below are for the date published Prices may change at any time (because it’s Amazon!) Vintage Tupperware (pre 2011) can test positive for unsafe levels of LEAD, MERCURY, CADMIUM, and ARSENIC — all are used as colorants for the plastic — as well as…
Non-Toxic Modern Versions of Your Favorite Childhood Toys
Published: May 23, 2024, Thursday Most vintage toys are toxic — metal and painted wood toys are, of course, but many plastic toys are, too. Vintage plastics can test positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic at very high levels — not to mention BPA. I will put links to several examples of…
May 2024 Independent Laboratory Test Report for Gold Medal All Purpose Flour
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,…
May 2024 Independent Laboratory Test Report for Cascadian Farm Organic Purely O’s
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,…
March 2024 Independent Laboratory Test Report for Siete Grain Free Tortilla Chips in “Simply No Salt” Flavor
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…