Food Surface of Dish
60-second tests
Lead (Pb): 45 +/- 28 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,481 +/- 195 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 84,700 +/- 3,500 ppm
Iron (Fe): 922 +/- 241 ppm
Vanadium (V): 3,199 +/- 247 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 6,409 +/- 466 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): 6,198 +/- 328 ppm
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From my family to yours… we hope you had a good Fourth of July!
Day #3 of "Summer with the Rubin Brothers"
We had a really busy day working! We cleaned the house and built and fixed shelves and moved furniture - all trying to get ready to GET OUT OF TOWN (!) for a cross country drive on August 1st. I think tomorrow (today already, Sunday - July 5th) we will ...
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A post to share a little joy today… this photo is of all four of my sons jumping off the dock at the river near our home.
#RubinSummer2020 Day #2 - July 3, 2020 - Friday
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This is a photo I took today of my boys holding hands while jumping off of the dock in to the river together. The new Sellwood Bridge is in the background. This is the dock ...
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Yes, I do phone consultations and zoom consultations (and video conferences and video speaking engagements)!
Last updated: Thursday - December 8, 2022
Do you do phone consultations, Tamara?
Do you do zoom consultations, Tamara?
I get asked all the time if I do phone consultations (or zoom consultations) for families (or companies, or organizations) looking for advice about keeping their homes (or ...
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Amanda’s artificial Christmas tree branch sample, purchased at a Target store in Virginia in 2010: 193 ppm Lead
Amanda (a reader) sent me this artificial Christmas tree branch to test. The full XRF test results for the artificial Christmas tree branch pictured are below. Amanda told me that she purchased this tree new at a Target store in Virginia, c. 2010 — although she no longer ...
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#FamilyReunion #DinnerWithTheRubins #CampCoViD192020 #Portlandia #MyFourSons
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My eldest son came home last night! He's here for a month and I'm so excited to have all of my kids together... and this time we're all together for two ...
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Vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker: 180 ppm Lead in the food surface + 14,000 ppm Lead in the power cord.
Published: Sunday - June 28, 2020
When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument in "Consumer Goods" mode, the vintage Rival Crock-Pot Stoneware Slow Cooker with brown glaze pictured above had the readings listed below.
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John Boos Block maple wood cutting board: as expected, no metals detected at all! (+ available on Amazon, I bought this for myself!)
Published; June 28, 2020
John Boos Maple Wood Cutting Board
When tested with a high precision XRF instrument (in "Consumer Goods" mode) no metals were detected in the item pictured. Multiple 120-second tests were done to confirm these results. I purchased this to use as a background ...
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Polar Express official souvenir bell from Whippany, NJ: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Cadmium-free (Phew!)
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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 ...
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1974 Avon perfume pin with puppy: 415 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe in items made for use by kids.
Dark brown of ears:
Lead (Pb): 415 +/- 21 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 60 +/- 19 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 719 +/- 27 ppm
Iron (Fe): 533 +/- 47 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 6,052 +/- 156 ppm
Light brown of background of dog:
Lead (Pb): 405 +/- 22 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 645 +/- 27 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 3,965 ...
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Newer Pyrex measuring cup, Made in USA: 396 ppm Cadmium on red exterior writing
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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Blown glass pipe: Lead-free, 12 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards, metals at this level are likely bound in the glass)
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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Greenbrier International Dollar Tree Store “Super Soft Squishy Toy”: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Antimony-free.
Photos below are from another toy,
but would likely be the same for the above toy:
XRF Testing for the Squishy Doll pictured here.
#1.) Blue Dress / Shirt
Titanium (Ti): 2,667 +/- 93 ppm
Chlorine (Cl): 6,113 +/- 497 ppm
#2.) Red Arm
Titanium (Ti): 4,295 +/- 132 ppm
Chlorine ...
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Ikea mug with blue, orange and yellow design, made in Thailand. Item 15199: 82 ppm Lead + 41 ppm Antimony.
When tested with an XRF instrument this mug had the following readings:
#1.) on the plain white glazed components of the mug
Barium (Ba): 2,399 +/- 492 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 21,100 +/- 900 ppm
Iron (Fe): 321 +/- 112 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 147 +/- 56 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 134 +/- 76 ...
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