Again - I am writing this (a post about what we received and gifted and what we did each night for Chanukah - as a family) more for me than for you (I’m thinking I’ll get a kick out of it in three or four years - when our life has recovered!), but hey if you want to read it... that’s up to ...
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Kong Classic Natural Durable Rubber dog chew toy: 18 ppm Cadmium – a carcinogen. This level is safe by all standards*
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On the first night of Channukah my true love gave to me… [2019 Rubin family report]
So - I am writing this more for me than for you, but hey if you want to read it... that’s up to you!
As most of my readers know - we have been living in fairly severe poverty since the attacks on my childhood Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy went in to full force in the first half of 2016. ...
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Purple Pyrex glass measuring cup: 20,700 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe*) +175 ppm Cadmium (Yum! What are you baking with?)
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 ...
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Green glass bottle for Ferrarelle Mineral Water: 151 ppm Lead in the green glass. 90 is unsafe for in items used by kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument this green glass bottle for Ferrarelle Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water had the following readings:
Lead (Pb); 151 +/- 16 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,526 +/- 246 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 766 +/- 122 ppm
Tin (Sn): 75 +/- 37 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 37 +/- 19 ppm
Iron ...
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Syracuse large cereal bowls – nicked from a college cafeteria c. 2002: 31,900 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
Did you “borrow" any cafeteria dishes when you graduated college?
These large white-glazed ceramic (Made in the USA) cereal bowls made by Syracuse China Company [likely manufactured c. 1980-1989 or thereabouts - but possibly made as late as 2000 - and in regular use as late as 2002 at the ...
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Small metal curio box with porcelain lid: 533 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 14 ppm Cadmium
When tested with an XRF instrument this small metal box with a porcelain lid had the following readings:
Silver colored edge:
Lead (Pb): 533 +/- 177 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 355 +/- 126 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 1,267 +/- 429 ppm
Copper (Cu): 944,000 +/- 1,400 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,167 +/- 281 ppm ...
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How much poison is on your Christmas tree? Mercury glass tree topper: 207 ppm Lead + 462 ppm Arsenic. Don’t break it!
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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Greenbrier International “Christmas Pickle” (Dollar Tree store; Made in China ): 45 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)
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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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The Beatles Yellow Submarine pin: 447,400 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids] + 6.766 ppm Cadmium (a carcinogen)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Yellow Submarine Beatles pin [with no maker’s mark or information to indicate country of origin or year of manufacture*] had the following readings:
On the decorative enamel front of the pin:
Lead (Pb): 447,400 +/- 2,700 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 6,766 +/- ...
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Pure Down natural goose down feather pillow with white cotton case: 75 ppm Antimony in the brown piping.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this "Pure Down” brand (www.PureDown.com) feather pillow with a white cotton case (no zipper), model PD-16020 was positive for 75 ppm Antimony in the brown piping [and negative for any heavy metals everywhere else].
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Which salt do you use in your kitchen, Tamara? (Hint: Pink Himalayan salt is among the highest Lead content salts!)
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The preview of the film has already had over 5,140 views on YouTube! Thank you. Please keep sharing, everyone!
Amazing — as I write this (at a few minutes after 4 p.m. on Friday, December 20th), the film preview has already had 5,140 views on YouTube, since I posted the full 92-minute preview screener there on December 12th - at 6:15 p.m.!
Here’s the link, in case you have not watched it yet... This ...
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