Noritake “Dutch Tile” Pattern: 164,700 ppm Lead [More than 16% Lead in the glaze!] 90 ppm is unsafe.

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Today’s “Winner”… Highest lead item tested recently! #Noritake “Gala Cuisine” Japan / “Dutch Tile” 164,700 ppm lead – that’s 16% lead!!! CPSC hazard level for items intended for use by children is 90 ppm and higher in the paint, glaze or coating. Vintage dish ware is not regulated for total lead content as detectable with…

Ask Tamara: What personal care products do you use?

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  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…

EcoLunchBoxes.com: Stainless Divided Plate

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     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 acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe…

Pratico Outdoors Clean Steel

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“Pratico Outdoors” “Clean Steel” Tumbler #Cup #Glass #LeadFree! Tested “non-detect” for lead using an XRF instrument Amazon Affiliate Link for similar product: http://amzn.to/2wYVzye – Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods testing and advocacy work with a contribution!  I am still working to raise $30,000 towards legal (and other related) fees to defend my advocacy…

Baum Ceramic Plate (New, 2017)

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Baum Ceramic Plate. Tested with an XRF instrument. #LowLead #LeadSafe 52 parts per million (ppm) lead +/- 19 ppm. This amount of lead is considered safe by all American and European standards. This link is my Amazon Affiliate link to a similar product by this manufacturer. If you click on my Amazon links and choose…

Bambu Organic Bamboo Baby Spoon

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Small organic bamboo wooden baby spoon. By “Bambu” Free of all heavy metals. Amazon Affiliate link for this product: http://amzn.to/2iR8dJM No lead. No cadmium. No Arsenic. No Mercury. Good choice all around! Tested with an XRF instrument. Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods testing and advocacy work with a contribution!  I am still working…

#SaferChoices — Casserole dishes: “How do I choose a Lead-free casserole dish?” (Including FIVE Lead-free examples available today!)

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  #SaferChoices: Casserole Dishes How do I choose a Lead-free casserole dish? Published: October 14, 2017 Updated: February 27, 2024 This is an ad-free article. At the bottom of this article I have shared FIVE #SaferChoices for casserole dishes that are likely to be Lead-free, based on my (more than 13 years of) experience testing…

Corningware “Etch” Casserole Dish (New, 2017)

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Corningware “Etch”, New (2017). 230 ppm lead on the outside. 91 ppm lead on the inside. Tested with an XRF Instrument. Here is my Amazon Affiliate link for this product: http://amzn.to/2yomjYF These levels are considered safe by most standards.  Most likely leach tested (and most likely passed!). Comments on the original Facebook post for this piece reiterate my…

#LeadFree: HF Coors New White Mug

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HF Coors New White Mug #LeadFree Tested “non-detect” for lead using an XRF instrument Here are some products from this company on Amazon*. If you are interested in supporting my independent advocacy work and consumer goods testing, please consider making a contribution via the link below. Thank you! Http://www.GoFundMe.com/LeadSafeMama *Some of the links on this page…

Vintage (1960s/1970s) green glass Indiana Glass Kings Crown thumbprint design sorbet dish: Lead Free!

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Originally published: October 14, 2017 Updated: June 26, 2020 – Friday This little green glass ice-cream dish / custard cup tested NEGATIVE for Lead (Pb) when tested with a high-precision XRF instrument testing in “consumer goods” mode.  This is actually one of the items I bought for my book [not yet published, title: I Make…

Vintage blue speckled enamelware camping spoon: 412 ppm Lead in the food-surface enamel.

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Post Published: October 14, 2017 Vintage enamelware camping spoon 412 parts per million (ppm) lead. As tested with an XRF instrument. How much Lead is too much Lead? The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in the coating (paint, glaze, etc.) of an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Dishware and vintage…

Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow Glass Baby Bottle: Lead-free, but trace Cadmium found in the glass of the bottle & nipple

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   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 acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…

Luigi Bormioli Tumbler, c. 2017: Lead-Free Clear Glass

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Clear glass #LeadFree Non-Detect for Lead with an XRF instrument Amazon Affiliate link for this product: http://amzn.to/2vS2zbl New (not vintage) Luigi Bormioli (not marked.) – Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods testing by making a contribution here!  Thank you. https://tamararubin.com/2017/01/chip-in/

Target Home “ramekin”, White Ceramic

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Target Home ramekin White ceramic Similar to the product on this Amazon Affiliate link: http://amzn.to/2er4WvC Tested with an XRF 38 +/- 24 ppm lead #LowLead #LeadSafe Safe by all standards – Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods testing by making a contribution here. Thank you! https://tamararubin.com/2017/01/chip-in/

Ball Brand Baby Food Jar with Plastic Lid

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Small Ball Jar with plastic lid #LeadFree Tested “non-detect” for lead using an XRF instrument Amazon Affiliate Link: http://amzn.to/2vRng7q All components tested. – Please consider supporting my independent consumer goods advocacy work at: Http://www.GoFundMe.com/LeadSafeMama

2017 Oxo Glass Cube, Baby Food Storage: Lead and Cadmium Free in all components.

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These are so cool! I really love the glass food storage with the snap lids with silicone sealing bands. I think they are a terrific product type (as long as the writing on the exterior of the jar is not painted with Lead paint… as is the case with these!) I wish they had these…

September 2017 Stats

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Not surprising… visits to my site in September were on the “low” side!  (only 28,674 unique hits – no where near the 70,000+ from the #FidgetSpinner chaos of June! 🙂 … This is a really good illustration of how the work and focus required for my current situation (read more about that here) detracts from…

Avi’s New Year’s Resolutions, #2017 / #5778

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My son Avi is 12-1/2 years old (he’ll be 13 in January actually), he just started 7th grade. He’s the boy in blue at the middle of this picture taken earlier this month! You can click the image to see it full size if you like! Avi was acutely lead poisoned when he was just…