When tested with an XRF instrument the saucer pictured here (possibly the Mildred pattern by Mount Clemens) had the following readings:
White glazed ceramic area at center of dish:
Lead (Pb): 67,300 +/- 200 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 104 +/- 35 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,541 +/- 238 ppm
Vanadium (V): 102 ...
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2020 Goals: 12,102,470 unique page views for LeadSafeMama.com in 2020? How could that possibly happen?
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It’s really important to set goals —
sometimes focusing on reaching my goals is all I have to keep me going!
For as long as I can remember (definitely since I finished college, in December of 1990, and possibly for years ...
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Three million eight hundred and twenty six thousand seven hundred and eighty two unique page views in 2019!
To see more End-Of-Year stats for LeadSafeMama.com for 2019, click here.
If you read just one post on my blog in the 2019 calendar year, your time on the site contributed to the 3,826,782 total unique page views — by 1,948,249 visitors, in more than 200 countries — [per Jetpack Site Stats ...
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One million nine hundred and forty eight thousand two hundred and forty nine unique readers in 2019!
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If you read my blog in the 2019 calendar year, you were [per Google Analytics] one of 1,948,249 unique visitors to the blog, visiting LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com - via computer, tablet, or phone - from one of more ...
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Happy New Year 2020 from Lead Safe Mama, 8 minute video (1/2/2020)
This was recorded as a Facebook Live video for my friends and social media followers and readers of my blog. If you don’t already know my story this probably isn’t particularly interesting. ;-) It’s just me sitting in my house talking - lol! ...
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Dan Mac Guill from Snopes asked for me to get back to him regarding inquiries about Lead in Corelle. Here’s my response.
You can see this morning’s original email from Dan at Snopes if you scroll down to the bottom.
My first response (9:57 a.m.) was to let him know I was working on a response.
My second response (1:59 p.m.) was to let him know Jennifer - from Michigan (the recipient of the original email ...
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David Mikkelson’s response to me on November 25, 2019 when I asked him a question. FYI: He’s the founder of Snopes (video).
This video (of David Mikkelson’s response to me) is five minutes and nine seconds long. The transcript of this conversation will be posted below the video shortly. The video was taken by my friend Carissa. If you did not yet see my question to him, here’s that link with that ...
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On November 25, 2019 I asked a question of David Mikkelson – the founder of Snopes (video).
This video (of me asking a question to David Mikkelson) is one minute and 19 seconds long. The transcript of my question can be read below the video. The video was taken by my friend Carissa (she is sitting down next to me at a table - sorry about the bad angle!) After my question was asked ...
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“Media Enquiry” to Lead Safe Mama, LLC “from Snopes.com RE: Corelle Lead warning”
To read all of my posts about Snopes’ coverage of my work, click here.
To see all of my Corelle posts, click here.
To read my response to this “inquiry”, click here.
Here is the above screenshot as plain text (copied from their email to me):
9:34 a.m. PST - December 30, ...
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The impossible happened mid-day Saturday: #LeadSafeMama passed 5,000,000 unique all time views! Thank you!
This week has been amazing; I have not been able to keep up with the questions and requests for assistance and information — more than 213,000 different people have visited this blog in just one week! I’m floored, and humbled, and thankful - so very thankful. I just wish there was actually time in ...
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Comparing Lead Safe Mama Stats – December 29, 2018 to December 29, 2019….
Well... this first image (above, from 2018) came across my Facebook feed this morning, so I thought I would grab an update from 2019 and compare them for fun! What a difference a year makes!
In case charts and graphs are difficult for you, here’s a little summary of the highlights:
One Year Ago: ...
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Announcing Lead Safe Mama’s Top Ten Posts for 2019!!!!
Scroll down below each of the images to see the next most popular post for 2019!
Click on each of the images to read the post related to that image!
Page views listed next to each number are as of the moment of publishing this post and will be updated at midnight on New Year’s Eve ...
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Corelle® recommends using their pre-2005 dishes as “decorative pieces” due to concerns of high Lead levels
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 ...
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Stop using your vintage Tupperware NOW. These measuring cups are positive for 2,103 ppm Lead + 250 ppm 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 ...
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