My short film made it to the final top 10!
My documentary short film (Living with children with OCD) is one of the top 10 winners (finalists) chosen from 200 films that were selected to participate in the audience voting phase of the Women In Film Curbside Shorts Challenge. Now we wait for the jury ...
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I don’t do what I do to instill fear. I do what I do to educate, so YOU can make informed choices for your family.
Published: May 31, 2020
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Is what I report on this website "fear-mongering?"
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A 2-minute film I created this week is one of 200 shorts chosen for Women In Film’s Curbside Shorts competition!
Living with children with OCD during a pandemic
a short film
Here’s my (first ever!) documentary short film. Please watch it and then click through (via this link) to vote so it is considered by the contest's jury when they vote on June 2nd! Thank you. For more info about the competition ...
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I heard that urine and hair tests for heavy metals (including Lead) were not considered “real” or “useful” results. Why is this?
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It’s not just paint! Stain can have Lead too! Interior 1905 door: 987 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 157 ppm Arsenic!
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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Glow-in-the-dark Halloween fake spiderwebs, brand unknown: 20 ppm Arsenic (video)
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 ...
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Teavana Petite Fleur Glass Teacup: 11,700 ppm Lead + 488 ppm Cadmium + 1,396 pm Arsenic in the white flowers.
Teavana Petite Fleur Cherry Blossom
Double-Walled Glass Teacup (4 oz)
In researching this (to figure out what to call it in this post), I was unsurprised to learn that Teavana is owned by Starbucks. Unsurprised because then it makes total sense that these small delicate glass teacups are painted ...
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Squeaky toy “Trump” horse from a vending machine at a highway rest stop in Maine (October 2019): Lead-free
My son got this little squeaky toy horse from a vending machine at a rest stop in Maine as we were headed north to Bar Harbor in October of 2019. He actually got a whole bunch of these toys (maybe 20?) as he repeatedly fed the toy machine with quarters. I have pictures of the machine in my photo ...
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Urban Infant (UI) Chunky Sidewalk Chalk, “sidewalk not included” (Canada): Lead-free, Cadmium-Free!
Urban Infant (UI) Chunky Sidewalk Chalk
This chalk was sent to me by a reader, but without any accompanying note, so I want to thank you for sending it in — whoever you are! :-) While the product is "Made in China", it appears this might a Canadian brand of sidewalk chalk, as I could not find ...
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Vintage 1962 Milton Bradley Candy Land game board: 41 ppm Lead. Safe by all modern standards… but…
Vintage Candy Land game board
While the total content Lead test results for this vintage Candy Land game board (using high-precision XRF technology) are fairly low (and within the range of what is considered safe by all modern standards even for newly manufactured items intended for use by ...
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1981 Colorforms Tummy Ache the Junk Food Game, board with spinner: 29 ppm Lead (safe by all current standards… but…)
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Blue cotton pants from The Gap (2020): Lead-free, Antimony-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free ;-)
Why did you test your son's pants, Tamara?!
I decided to test my son's cotton pants from The Gap because I had an interesting discussion recently on social media with one of my readers, who was asserting that all modern fabric had the potential to contain some types of carcinogen or other heavy ...
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Dollar Store Cristar Mikonos 2019 stemless wine glasses: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free! Good choice!
Bottom of Cup - 60 seconds
Copper (Cu): 1,789 +/- 154 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 203 +/- 56 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 4,455 +/- 318 ppm
Side of Cup - 60 seconds
Copper (Cu): 2,216 +/- 205 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 258 +/- 107 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 428 +/- 103 ppm
Indium (In): 27 +/- 15 ppm
no ...
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2015 Beautyrest Recharge Hybrid Delanco Mattress: 3,283 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats) on the sleep surface.
Reading on main fabric of mattress
(sleeping surface / cream colored fabric):
Barium (Ba): 195 +/- 128 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 3,283 +/- 67 ppm
Bromine (Br): 7 +/- 3 ppm
Iron (Fe): 121 +/- 28 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 1,010 +/- 310 ppm
As always, please let me know if you have any ...
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