A New Trend In Stupidity: : Expensive Fancy Cookware with Leaded Brass Handles Is All The Rage In Kitchen “Fashion”
Words companies are currently using to describe their contemporary cookware that incorporates last-century high-lead-content brass decorative elements (these are screenshots from their websites:) Originally Published April 27, 2018 Updated: December 31, 2020 Decorative Leaded brass accents on new kitchenware. This one is a hard subject for me; I almost don’t know where to start…
#AskTamara: Guess Which of These Four White Glass Lamp Shades Has Lead and How Much!
Please take a look at the four white glass lamp shades below and guess which ones have lead and at what levels! [This is a great “game” to play with your “newly lead-woke” friends!, Answers are posted below the final image.] Click here for more examples of lamps I have tested. Click here for more…
#Leaded: Chicken Wire/ Hardware Cloth, Example Two
Lead (Pb): 401 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): 249 ppm Mercury and lead DO NOT belong in your garden or near your livestock! This is one of two posts on chicken wire currently up on my site. To learn more about this concern please click this link to read the main post. Thank you….
Are you contaminating your garden’s soil? Chicken Wire: 2,201 ppm Lead, 30 ppm Cadmium. Click & read for safer choices.
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
A short story of a small vintage ceramic bowl and a boy from Wisconsin who was poisoned.
I originally shared this in October of 2013, but given how much we have learned about dishware and lead since then, I thought it was an important one to re-share! I have quite a few friends in Wisconsin and have been invited several times to present to groups there (including presentations in Milwaukee, Madison and…
Vintage (c. 1972) “Butterfly Gold” Pyrex Casserole Dish: 87,000 ppm Lead. [Context: 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Pyrex “Butterfly Gold” casserole dish, c. 1972. The mustard and white paint on this vintage Pyrex casserole dish tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument): Lead (Pb): 87,000 +/- 2,900 ppm Cadmium (Cd): ND / Non-Detect (Negative) Arsenic (As): ND / Non-Detect…
“Old Town Blue” Pattern Vintage Pyrex Tea Cup, c.1972 – 1982: 17,700 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Pyrex mugs/ tea cups in the “Old Town Blue” pattern: The dark 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): 17,700 +/- 500 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 154 +/- 12 ppm Arsenic (As): ND Mercury (Hg): ND…
Vintage “Horizon Blue” Pattern Pyrex Casserole. c. 1969-1972: 72,000 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]
This vintage “Horizon Blue” casserole by Pyrex tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (on the painted exterior design with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument): Lead (Pb): 72,000 +/- 2,200 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 33 +/- 11 ppm Arsenic (As): ND Mercury (Hg): ND Gold: (Au) 504 +/- 170 ppm…
Can the Lead Safe Mama team come visit your community and do an outreach event?
Originally posted: April 19, 2018 Lead Safe Mama Community Outreach Events When We Coordinate Lead Safe Mama Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Events: We often do an information-rich, engaging film and/or video presentation (from our rather exhaustive library of hard-to-find videos and original footage — featuring amazing stories, insights and perspectives from parents, politicians, journalists, and…
We just joined Imperfect Produce and it is Fantabulous!
We joined Imperfect Produce about a week ago and got our first box a few days ago! It’s spectacular to have fresh organic (and mostly local) produce delivered directly to your door! What an incredible gift. We are also low-income and so we qualified for a scholarship. Our first box cost just $21.95 including delivery!…
SafBaby.com “Why Lead In Dishes Is Not OK”
Wow! Thank You to SafBaby.com — for writing this well-executed and comprehensive article on lead in dishes! Sincerely, I couldn’t have said/written this better myself! Click on the image below to read the full article. Published April 15, 2018 Why Lead In Dishes Is Not OK According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the health impacts from…
Okay…now some trolls are accusing me of “capitalizing” on my kids’ lead poisoning!
Offering information and services that help people protect their families and getting paid for your time and knowledge is not “capitalizing” on a tragedy, it’s stepping up and doing what is right, doing what others might not have the energy, time or courage to do. [Especially when you consider that most of what I do…
Innocent Americans are arrested and hauled away in handcuffs every day. My Arrest: Chapter One
Originally posted: April 15, 2018 On November 28, 2017 I was arrested. In response to the incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia this weekend: while I am a white woman and not a black man (and I understand clearly that I experienced some degree of white privilege in this situation), I think the story of…
Ramblings…about Lead Poisoning, Plaque Psoriasis, the Sun, the Sea, and Poverty…
Originally published April 15, 2018 Avi is now 13 years old. He’ll be 13-1/2 in July. He was just seven months old when he was acutely lead poisoned. The photos below are of Avi’s right foot this week. My readers are aware that I deal with the impacts of childhood lead poisoning every day. I…
Ask Tamara: Do Starbucks mugs have high levels of Lead?
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
2017 Starbucks Coffee “You Are Here” Collection, California Mug: 6,397 ppm Lead [> 90 is unsafe for kids.]
XRF test results for the mug pictured: When tested with an XRF instrument this Starbucks Coffee Brand Ceramic “You Are Here” Collection “California” Mug (c. 2017) had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 6,397 +/- 184 ppm Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative The amount of Lead that…
#LeadFree: 2016 3 oz Starbucks Coffee Company Black Ceramic Espresso Cup
This Starbucks Coffee Company black glazed three ounce espresso mug (“Made in China”) tested negative (non-detect) for lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic when tested with an XRF instrument. Other Starbucks Coffee brand mugs have not fared so well over the years. Click here to see if I have tested your Starbucks Coffee mug! For more lead-free…
#Leaded: 2006 Starbucks Coffee Brand Ceramic Mug with Pear and Flower Design
2006 Starbucks Coffee Brand Ceramic Mug with Pear and Flower Design: Positive for lead (Pb) with levels as high as 304 ppm lead (+/- 37 ppm) when tested with an XRF instrument. This mug was negative for cadmium, arsenic and mercury. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in the substrate of an item manufactured…
#LeadFree: 2015 Starbucks Coffee Gold Peace Sign Espresso Mug
This Starbucks Coffee gold peace sign three ounce espresso mug (“Made in China”) tested negative (non-detect) for lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic when tested with an XRF instrument. Other Starbucks Coffee brand mugs have not fared so well over the years. Click here to see if I have tested your Starbucks Coffee mug! For more lead-free…
#Leaded: Child’s Crystal Necklace
This necklace was brought to me in 2013 to be tested. It was being worn by a little girl. It was positive for 8,000 ppm lead in the crystals, 16,000 ppm lead in the clasp and 185,000 ppm lead in the small round metallic beads. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in an…
#LeadFree: Sur La Table Silicone Spoon With Stainless Handle
This Sur La Table mixing spoon / baking utensil has a stainless steel handle and black silicone spoon end. All components were negative for lead, mercury and arsenic when tested with an XRF instrument. The black silicone of the spoon was positive for a very low level of cadmium (10 +/- 6 parts per million)….
2018 Sur La Table “Made In Turkey” Bistro Pattern Dish Set: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free.
Sur La Table – Bistro pattern dishes This set of new (2018) white “Bistro” pattern dishes from Sur La Table (& Made in Turkey) had the following test results when tested with an XRF instrument. XRF test results for the exact dishes pictured here: Lead (Pb): Non-detect / negative Cadmium (Cd): Non-detect / negative Arsenic (As):…
#LeadSafe: Sur La Table White Ramekin / Custard Cup
This Sur La Table White Ramekin (Custard Cup) from their “Every Day Porcelain” line tested negative for lead in the white glazed surface and positive for trace levels of lead (at just 36 ppm) on the unglazed bottom exterior surface. This was purchased new in late 2015/early 2016 and tested in 2016. Testing was done…
Sur La Table Fish Platter, Made in Portugal: 6,623 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument.
This ceramic “Sur La Table” brand fish platter (Made in Portugal) was positive for lead at 6,623 parts per million when tested with an XRF instrument. Tested in 2014. To see more “Made in Portugal” things I have tested, click here. Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if…