XRF Test results for the dish pictured here.
On a white section of the dish
Chromium (Cr): 443 +/- 216 ppm
Tin (Sn): 6,334 +/- 460 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 1,673 +/- 312 ppm
Iron (Fe): 713,900 +/- 46,000 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 144 +/- 73 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 141,300 +/- 9,100 ppm
Chlorine ...
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Vintage Tupperware butter dish: 12 ppm Lead (safe by all standards for Lead, but may have BPA if pre-2010).
XRF test results for the vintage butter dish pictured here.
White base of butter dish:
Lead (Pb): 12+/- 5 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 214 +/- 20 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 24 +/- 15 pm
Iron (Fe): 114 +/- 37 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 17,600 +/- 400 pm
Yellow lid of butter dish:
Zinc (Zn): 180 +/- 30 ...
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Tamara’s Favorite Things – Duralex clear glass “Cosy” coffee mug: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free.
These are my favorite mugs - the mugs my family uses every day in our home. I like them so much that I even bought a set for my son to get his kitchen away at college started!
XRF test results for clear glass coffee mug pictured here.
30-second test
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): ...
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Vintage cream colored Tupperware pill box: Lead-free (may have BPA if pre-2010).
XRF test results for vintage Tupperware pill box pictured here.
Zinc (Zn): 42 +/- 26 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,116 +/- 143 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 16,600 +/- 400 ppm
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My Green Canteen “Because our children deserve a pristine planet”: 20,900 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) & 3,481 Arsenic
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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Maybe avoid Shutterfly mugs for Father’s Day? c. 2016 Mug: 19,000 ppm Lead, 2,025 ppm Arsenic, 805 ppm Cadmium.
XRF test results for c. 2016 Shutterfly Mug
Summary: While the interior of these mugs appears to be Lead-free, the exterior has three known toxic heavy metals and your lips do touch the exterior (when the mug is used as intended.)
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Lead Safe Mama bought a (new-to-us) car! Interested in why we chose this for the Lead-Safe-Mama-mobile? Read on…
We have been mostly car-free by choice since 2002
First off - for those who are new to my page (or new to my personal story), we moved to Portland, Oregon in June of 2002. At the time we realized that once we sold the house we were living in (in Northern California) we could basically choose to ...
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Dollar Tree Store (Canada) Royal Norfolk gray, cream & brown ceramic bowl: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She ...
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Dollar Tree Store (Canada) Royal Norfolk gray, cream & brown ceramic dish: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She ...
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Friends of Lead Safe Mama, a series: Check out Chakralot.com (& buy yourself some vegan chocolates!)
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Well.... time flies! I think it was a couple of months ago now that I came up with the idea of featuring my friends' creative small businesses on my blog - so that my readers could choose to support them (if they were so inclined) during this unpredictable time. I decided to ...
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ABC Trading animatronic pink polka dot toy dog: 69 ppm Lead + 337 ppm Antimony.
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in ...
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Furnished house in Portland, Oregon (close-in, desirable Sellwood neighborhood) available for rent short-term August/September 2020 (my house!)
House is in the middle of being painted!
Picture from July 2020
We’re working on coordinating a Lead Safe Mama U.S. cross-country driving tour (socially distanced (as appropriate) speaking engagements, small community events, one-on-one consultations - all with PPE as necessary) for August and ...
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Brick Oven Stoneware: Tung Guan China: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Cadmium-free! (Good choice!)
White center of dish:
Barium (Ba): 14,000 +/- 800 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 17,200 +/- 700 ppm
Iron (Fe): 655 +/- 172 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 93 +/- 44 ppm
Blue edge of dish:
Barium (Ba): 9,478 +/- 668 ppm
Tin (Sn): 265 +/- 71 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 13,800 +/- 600 ppm
Iron (Fe): 898 +/- 184 ...
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Noritake Progression China, Blue Haven pattern: 15,600 ppm Lead + 1,907 ppm Arsenic on food surface of dish.
White center of dish:
Lead (Pb): 59 +/- 32 ppm
Barium (Ba): 1,949 +/- 594 ppm
Gold (Au): 140 +/- 91 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 4,477 +/- 234 ppm
Iron (Fe): 416 +/- 145 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 94 +/- 37 ppm
Blue decoration on edge of dish:
Lead (Pb): 15,600 +/- 800 ppm
Arsenic (As): ...
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