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Portland Public Schools is simply NOT using the strictest standards nor best practices to protect your children from lead in schools: A series — Part 1: Post Lead-remediation construction dust found at Lewis Elementary School
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,…
I asked for help with my disabled children and the special education program administrator called me “Crazy”.
Alternate Title: What does the Portland Public Schools special education administrative staff really think of parents of children who need their help? – Written: Wednesday, August 22, 2018. [You might want to sit down with a cup of coffee to read this one!] – Yesterday we rented a car for a week. We don’t usually…
Ceramic Mug | Ceramic Mugs | China | Coffee | Coffee Cup | Coffee Mug | Leaded Mugs | Made In China | Mug | Mugs | Rae Dunn | Rae Dunn Artisan Collection | Rae Dunn By Magenta | Rae Dunn Mug | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Newly Purchased August 2018 Rae Dunn Ceramic Coffee Mugs from Marshall’s
These ceramic Rae Dunn brand coffee mugs (Made in China) were purchased at a Marshall’s in Portland, Oregon for about $5 each in August 2018. Each has a slightly different finish, so one would expect them to each test slightly different in terms of an levels of lead found when texted with an XRF instrument….
#CadmiumConcerns | Bead | Beads | Costume Jewelry | Glass | Glass Beads | Glass Jewelry | Jewelry | JSchmirl | Seed Beads | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#Leaded: 1990s Glass Seed Bead Wolf Necklace
1990s Glass Seed Bead Wolf Necklace. Seed beads like this commonly test positive for lead and cadmium and sometimes even mercury and arsenic. I personally avoid pieces like this in my home, but I must admit they are very beautiful! While it is very difficult to separate out the different beads on a piece like…
#CadmiumConcerns | 1970s | 1978 | Costume Jewelry | Jewelry | JSchmirl | Painted Ceramic | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#Leaded: 1978 Ceramic Parrot Hair Clip (Cadmium too!), from Florida
This little ceramic parrot hair clip tested positive for both high levels of lead and cadmium (high compared to current standards for allowable levels of toxicants in items intended for children.) While the owner told me she got this in 1978 in Florida, I also want to say that I am 48 years old and…
#LeadFree | Halloween | JSchmirl | Made in Canada | Magnet | Magnetic | Magnetic Toys | Souvenir | Souvenir Magnet | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Sleepy Hollow New York Commemorative Fridge Magnet
Sleepy Hollow New York Commemorative Fridge Magnet Made primarily of Zinc. This item had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/ND – Negative* Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/ND – Negative* Arsenic (As): Non-Detect/ND – Negative* Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect/ND – Negative* Chromium ( Cr): 522 +/- 146 ppm Zinc (Zn): 985,100 +/- 12,000 ppm Cooper (Cu):…
#LeadFree | 1970s | 1970s Books | 1970s Children’s Books | 1978 | Book | Books | Holly Hobbie | JSchmirl | Vintage | Vintage Book | Vintage Books | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: 1978 Copy of “Holly Hobbie’s Answer Book” Paperback
1978 Copy of “Holly Hobbie’s Answer Book” Paperback Child’s Book Note: The XRF instrument tests down to single-digit ppm accuracy. Items intended for use by children are considered toxic and unsafe for children at 90 ppm lead or higher in the paint or coating or 100 ppm paint or coating in the substrate. A “negative”…
#LowLead | 1980s | 1985 | Book | Books | Comic Books | Comics | JSchmirl | Vintage Book | Vintage Books | Vintage Comic Books | Vintage Comics | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#Leaded; 1985 Princess of Power A Most Unpleasant Present Mini Comic Book
Tested with an XRF instrument this 1985 “Princess of Power A Most Unpleasant Present” Mini Comic Book was positive for the following elements at the following levels: Cover Lead (Pb): 105 +/- 18 ppm Chromium (Cr): 158 +/- 83 ppm Zinc (Zn): 66 +/- 19 ppm Copper (Cu): 105 +/- 35 ppm Nickel (Ni): 151…
#LeadSafe | #LowLead | 1980s | 1980s Books | 1980s Children’s Books | 1985 | Book | Books | JSchmirl | Time-Life Books | Vintage Book | Vintage Books | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadSafe: 1985 Time Life The Enchanted World Water Spirits Hardcover Book
1985 Time Life The Enchanted World Water Spirits Hardcover Book, all components of the book tested with an XRF. See full XRF readings below. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in a modern item made and intended for use by children is 90 ppm or higher in the paint or coating. All of…
#LeadFree | Christmas | Christmas Decoration | Christmas Ornament | Christmas Tin | Cookie Tin | JSchmirl | Lead Free Christmas | Tin | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Decorative Christmas Tin (no Mark or Maker)
The Christmas tin picture here was negative for Lead when tested with an XRF instrument. Note: The XRF instrument tests down to single-digit ppm accuracy. Items intended for use by children are considered toxic and unsafe for children at 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint or coating, and at 100 ppm paint…
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#AskTamara: I’m concerned that contractors at my Portland, Oregon elementary school are not using lead safe work practices. What should I do?
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…
#AskTamara | #DearTamara | #LeadSafe | Ask Tamara | Blue | Blue Glass | Colored Glass | Dear Tamara | Dragon Tears | Glass | Glass Drops | Glass Marbles | Iridescent Glass | Mancala | Maple Landmark | Maple Landmark Toys | Marble | Marbles | Teaching Aids | Toy | Toys | Toys with Lead | Waldorf | Waldorf School | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#AskTamara: Do Glass Dragon Tears Have Lead? (Aka: Squashed Marbles, Glass Drops or Mancala Stones?)
#AskTamara Question: Do dragon tears have lead? Answer: Some do and some do not. Given the nature of the way most colored glass is commonly produced, many dragon tears do have at least some lead, and some have quite high amounts of lead — at levels considered dangerous for children by current/modern regulatory standards. [Even…
#AskTamara | #BackToSchool | #CadmiumConcerns | #DearTamara | Art | Art Supplies | Ask Tamara | Back To School | Cadmium | Cadmium Concerns | Cadmium Toxicity | Chldren’s Art Supplies | Crayola | Crayon | Crayons | Dear Tamara | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#AskTamara: Are my kids’ crayons toxic? Which brand of crayons is safe? Crayola? Filana? Stockmar? Honey Sticks?
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,…
Auntie Tammy’s Pet Safe & Kid Safe DIY Ant Bait Traps
While this is “not lead related” (“NLR” or “NPbR”) it is related to keeping kids (& pets) safe from environmental toxicity. It seems like at some point everybody gets ants (at least in Massachusetts, California and Oregon (the three states where I have spent the most time)! I don’t remember ever having an ant problem when I…
Fisher Price | Fisher Price Little People | Fisher Price Sesame Street | Sesame | Sesame Street | Sesame Street Grover | Sesme Street Ernie | Vintage Doll | Vintage Dolls | Vintage Fisher Price | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Are your vintage “Little People” toxic? Sesame Street Friends, Vintage (c. 1970s) Fisher Price Little People
Do you remember these Sesame Street Friends from when you were a child? I do! (From friend’s houses! My mom never got us toys like this! We were so jealous of all of the other kids who had plastic toys!) Click on their names to see how much lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury each of…
#LeadFree | 1970 | 1970s | Fisher Price | Fisher Price Grover | Fisher Price Little People | Fisher Price Sesame Street | Grover | Sesame | Sesame Street | Sesame Street Grover | Vintage Doll | Vintage Dolls | Vintage Fisher Price | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Vintage (c. 1970s) Fisher Price Sesame Street Grover Monster
Vintage (c. 1970s) Fisher Price Sesame Street Grover Monster: Lead (Pb): ND (non-detect) Cadmium (Cd): ND (non-detect) Mercury (Hg): ND (non-detect) Arsenic (As): ND (non-detect) Please check out the other Sesame Street things I have tested here! Please check out more of the vintage Fisher Price toys I have tested here! Thanks for reading! As always, please…
Ernie | Fisher Price | Fisher Price Little People | Fisher Price Sesame Street | Sesame | Sesame Street | Sesme Street Ernie | Vintage Doll | Vintage Dolls | Vintage Fisher Price | Vintage Little People | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#Leaded: Vintage (c. 1970s?) Fisher Price Little People Sesame Street Ernie
Vintage (c. 1970s) Fisher Price Sesame Street Ernie: Red body: Lead (Pb): 30 +/- 13 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 3,153 +/- 65 ppm. Orange head: Lead (Pb): ND (non-detect) Cadmium (Cd): 3,394 +/- 74 ppm. Due to the very high cadmium levels this would not be considered a safe toy for a child by modern standards….
Bert | Fisher Price | Fisher Price Little People | Fisher Price Sesame Street | Sesame | Sesame Street | Vintage Doll | Vintage Dolls | Vintage Fisher Price | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#Leaded: Vintage (c. 1970s?) Fisher Price Little People Sesame Street Bert
Vintage (c. 1970s?) Fisher Price Sesame Street Bert… Green body: Lead (Pb): 5,015 +/- 103 ppm Arsenic (As): 120 +/- 56 ppm Cadmium (Cd): ND (non-detect/negative) Mercury (Hg): ND (non-detect/negative) Face: Lead (Pb): ND (non-detect/negative) Cadmium (Cd) 35 +/- 10 ppm Arsenic: ND (non-detect/negative) Mercury (Hg): ND (non-detect/negative) All components non-detect (negative) for Mercury This toy would NOT be…
Fisher Price | Fisher Price Little People | Sesame Street | Vintage Doll | Vintage Dolls | Vintage Fisher Price | Vintage Little People | Vintage Plastic | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage (1970s?) Sesame Street Fisher Price Little People Doll – Susan: 28 ppm Lead (Lead-safe by all modern standards)
When tested with an XRF instrument (in consumer goods mode) this vintage Fisher Price Sesame Street Susan doll had the following reading for Lead… Hair: 28 +/- 6 ppm. This amount of lead is considered safe by all standards. All other components of this doll were non-detect for Cadmium, Lead, Arsenic & Mercury. This is…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Bauer | Bauer Los Angeles | Celadon | Leaded China | Los Angeles | Made in Los Angeles | Made in U.S.A. | Made In USA | Museum of Lead | U.S.A. | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Bauer Vintage Celadon Pottery, Los Angeles: 210,800 ppm Lead (21%!). Context: 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
This is a set of Bauer Vintage Celadon Pottery, Made In Los Angeles and purchased at an antique store in Portland, Oregon in 2017. When tested with an XRF instrument each of the pieces tested positive for the elements at the levels shown below. Note: the lead levels below are VERY HIGH, and I would…
#Leaded | #LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | #LeadedHousehold | #LeadedKitchen | 1930s | 1940 | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | Fiesta | Fiestaware | Fiestaware Plate | Harlequin | Homer Laughlin | Leaded China | Museum of Lead | XRF Testing | XRFTesting | Yellow | Yellow Ceramic | Yellow Dishes | Yellow Fiesta
Vintage (c. 1938-1960) Ceramic Harlequin by Homer Laughlin Co. Fiesta Plate: 287,600 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe].
This little yellow plate was purchased at an antique store in Oregon in 2018. While there is not a maker’s mark on the back of the dish, the store owner had researched the plate and came up with this description: Vintage Yellow Ceramic Harlequin by Homer Laughlin Co. Fiesta Plate, c. 1938-1960 When tested with an…
My sons, AJ (age16) & Avi (age 13) performing Tom Lehrer’s The Elements Song
Originally posted July 28, 2018. [Watch the fun 90-second video below!] – My kiddo is 16 today! He’s headed 3,000 miles away to Tufts on Tuesday for an internship with Tufts Biomedical Engineering Silk Lab (where they are pioneering medical and other breakthroughs applications using the building blocks of natural silk proteins!) The director of…
“Lead Free” | Ceramcor | Ceramic Pans | Ceramics | Doctor Mercola | Frying Pan | Frying Pans | Mercola | Pan | Pot | Pots & Pans | Pots and Pans | Sauce Pan | Saucepan | XRF Testing | XRFTesting | Xtrema
Ceramcor Xtrema “Metals-Free” Saucepan Positive For Lead, Cadmium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel, Chromium and other metals when tested with an XRF instrument.
In August of 2018 I tested yet another Ceramcor Xtrema “Lead-Free” pan that ended up being positive for lead.This pan was purchased direct from the company, c. November of 2016. These pans are advertised and promoted as being metals-free, and specifically as being lead-free — yet when they are tested with an XRF instrument the coatings have…
#LeadSafeMama Financial Update, July 2018
Since you all are directly responsible for helping me earn $ to cover the costs of my advocacy work (and hopefully eventually this will turn into enough to make a living so I can actually AFFORD to continue do this full time!) I wanted to share with you periodic updates on what you are helping…