Vintage Johnson Brothers Fish Plate (Design No. 3), Made in England: 70,800 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids)
Please click the link for help finding safer choices for your holiday table. Vintage “Fish” dinner plate by Johnson Brothers, “Made in England” “Design No. 3” “A genuine hand engraving” “All decoration under the glaze. Detergent & acid resisting colour.” For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning…
#NLR: Charlie’s Christmas Tree Lighting Contest Submission Letter
Last month Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown held an essay contest for Oregon 4th graders. For the contest children had to answer the question “Why do you love spending time in the Oregon outdoors?” The winner of the contest would get a trip to Washington, D.C. to the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony this year – which is featuring a tree…
NLR: Oregon Fourth Grade Kids Can Cut Their Own Christmas Tree For Free!
#NLR = Not Lead Related* Charlie Rubin, my 10-year old son, got this letter from Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown last week (image below). He wrote an essay and entered a contest to try winning a trip to Washington, D.C. to represent Oregon in lighting the Capital’s Christmas tree this year. This year’s national tree is…
Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup: 32,500 ppm Lead (in exterior markings). [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
Anchor Glass One-Cup Measuring Cup, c. 2006 When tested with an XRF instrument the red painted markings on the exterior of this glass Anchor Hocking brand one-cup measuring cup (purchased new around 2006) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 32,500 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/ND [Negative] To see more Anchor-brand products that I have tested, Click Here….
October 2018 #LeadSafeMama – Financial Update
Hello readers! Thank you for supporting my lead poisoning prevention advocacy and independent consumer goods testing in ALL the ways! Below is a summary for total $ earned via this advocacy work in October 2018. If you have ideas and ways I can earn more $ so I can keep doing what I do… I…
October 2018 #LeadSafeMama Stats
Each month I like to track our reach and impact and to share it with you, the readers of this blog, so you can see what you are helping to create in the world (especially so you can see how many lives this work is impacting!) Today I have posted three (3) graphics below. If…
Rosary Bead Charm – Positive for Lead at 5,190 ppm. 90 ppm & up is unsafe for children.
The metal charm on the rosary bead strand pictured here was positive for Lead (Pb) at 5,190 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument. The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in an item made for use by children specifically is anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the substrate or anything 90 ppm…
Vintage Blue Pyrex Glass Mugs: 71,800 ppm Lead + 697 ppm Arsenic [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Pyrex Mugs: The blue paint on these mugs tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument): Lead (Pb): 71,800 +/- 2,200 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 697 +/- 43 ppm Arsenic (As): ND Mercury (Hg): ND Platinum (Pt): 1,333 +/- 207 ppm Gold (Au): 709 +/-…
2012 Mardi Gras Beads: 15,800 ppm Lead (Pb) [90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids!] & 2,028 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer).
Blue Metallic Plastic Mardi Gras Beads. When filming for my documentary in New Orleans in February of 2012 we collected quite a few sets of Mardi Gras beads, including this set. When tested with an XRF instrument the blue plastic beads pictured had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 15,800 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 2,028 ppm [This…
2014 Golden Mardi Gras Beads; 1,127 ppm Lead (Pb). 90 ppm & up is unsafe! Please don’t let children play with these.
Gold Plastic Mardi Gras Beads from 2014. In 2014 I did an outreach event at the Charleston Children’s Museum and did XRF testing of consumer goods for folks who came to the museum that day. A nanny came up to my table pushing a toddler in her stroller and I noticed the toddler had these…
Smithsonian Magazine: The Toxic Truth Behind Mardi Gras Beads, an article from 2017.
My “favorite” quote from the article: To see several sets of Mardi Gras beads that I have tested, Click Here. Smithsonian Magazine Article Published: March 8, 2017 By: David Redmon “Every year, 25 million pounds of plastic beads made by Chinese factory workers get dumped on the streets of New Orleans. Shiny, colorful bead necklaces,…
XRF Test Results For Portmeirion “The Botanic Garden” Plate, c. 1972
As expected (based on the testing of this brand that I have done to date) the food surface of this plate was positive for high levels of lead when tested with an XRF instrument. To learn more about XRF testing, click here. Here’s the XRF test results for this exact piece: Lead (Pb): 41,100 +/-…
Vintage (1995-1997) Corningware Rosemarie Tulip Pattern Oven Casserole: 8,164 ppm Lead + 165 ppm Cadmium
As expected, the exterior decorative pink painted tulip pattern on this vintage Rose Marie Tulip Pattern Corning casserole was positive for high levels of lead when tested with an XRF instrument. To learn more about XRF testing, click here. Here’s the XRF test results for the exterior design on this exact piece: Lead (Pb): 8,164…
XRF Test Results For Vintage WWII Era Coffee, Tea & Biscuit Tins.
When testing the World War II era food storage tins (using XRF technology) I found that they were painted with high lead paint. Please take a close look at the photo (below) and see how much of the paint has worn off of these canisters over the years. To learn more about XRF testing, click…
My new bio from the GrokNation.com article
The bio below is the one I wrote up to accompany my recent piece on Mayim Bialik’s new blog GrokNation.com. Please click here to read that article! If you are new to my site, this bio is a quick way to learn a little about me and my story – although my story can be…
I’m going to give away a Pioneer Woman Instant Pot in my Facebook Group!
Well! Everyone this is the moment you have all been waiting for! [At least the moment many of my loyal readers and followers have been waiting for!] New to my page? Click here to learn more about my work. Since the new Pioneer Woman Instant Pot was released I have gotten possibly hundreds of requests…
A relatively mundane thing with profound significance in light of my experiences of the past year.
For most people, getting an e-mail like this (below) would hold almost no significance, but for me – after my surreal ordeal – even filling out the application was anxiety-provoking and upsetting, and receiving the e-mail was a huge relief. While I have not done any research or reading on the subject, in my experience…
Another family story shared in response to this week’s article on Mayim Bialik’s Grok Nation.
Mama Kim B. shared the following today in post (with a link to the Grok Nation article): DID YOU KNOW: This week is Lead Poisoning Awareness Week! If you have, work with, or are planning to have children, please take a moment to read this important information! Before Simon was born, I spend HOURS researching…
This vintage Lenox china has glaze that’s more than 13% Lead! [136,000 ppm] – 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
Lenox “Brookdale” Pattern, Made In USA china. This little dish was brought to me at an event in New Hampshire recently. My facebook friend sent her mama to my event and told her to bring a few dishes with her, in case I would be able to test them. She brought these and a couple…
Tamara, can you come to my home and make sure my stuff is safe for my family?
Question: “Tamara, can you come to my home and make sure my stuff is safe for my family?” Answer: “Why yes! I can do that!” Tamara Rubin is currently booking for May / June 2024 In-Person Home Consultations What is a Lead Safe Mama “Healthy Home Consultation”? First we want to clarify what it is…
Check out Mayim Bailik’s GrokNation.com today for an article I wrote about childhood lead poisoning.
I am excited to share that the article I wrote for Mayim Bialik’s GrokNation.com was published today (10/22/2018) for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. I shared the article on Facebook earlier today and my friend Christina re-shared it with the following comment that I wanted to also share with all of you: As I read…
Antimony (Sb) Found in Wild Harvest Organic Peanut Butter Spread Plastic Jar
This post is a companion post to two other pieces published earlier. For background and context, please read the two other posts. Thank you. To see all of the related posts, click here. XRF Test Result (test duration, 180.6 seconds/3 minutes): Antimony (Sb): 35 +/- 18 ppm As always, please let me know if you…
Antimony (Sb) Found in Kirkland (Costco) Organic Peanut Butter Plastic Jars
After publishing THIS POST (which has since unexpectedly gone viral!) simply recommending that folks not purchase peanut butter in plastic jars & instead purchase peanut butter in glass whenever possible, a lot of people responded with links and information either supporting or attempting to dismiss or refute my concerns. One of my readers posted several…
2018 ‘Natural Life” Rainbow Unicorn Mug: 891 ppm Lead + 218 ppm Cadmium [90 ppm Lead is unsafe, 40 ppm Cadmium]
Well. I apologize in advance. I know I am going to break at least one heart with this post! [Just because something is in the shape of a unicorn does NOT mean that it is free of toxic chemicals, lol!] I tested several components of this mug, and stopped once I found high levels of…