Viral Again! Walmart Jelly Shoes (Video)
Carissa and I posted this video (embedded video is at the bottom of the page) on Facebook yesterday evening at 5:27 p.m. Just over 25 hours later, at 6:37 p.m. tonight, the video had 22,000+ views and the post had reached 73,494 people! Just 19 minutes later I checked back and the views were at 23,000+…
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart! Clear Glasses (video)
More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For more lead-free kitchen choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you! Clear Drinking Glasses from Tamara Rubin on Vimeo.
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Crockpots (video)
More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For lead-free kitchen choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Pioneer Woman Glasses (video)
More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For more lead-free glassware choices, click here! To support our work so we can make more of these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Walmart!, Pioneer Woman Dishes (video)
More #GuerrillaXRFTesting videos featuring Tamara and Carissa! Please watch and share and let us know if you have any questions! For lead-free dishware choices, click here! To support these videos, please consider donating to my GoFundMe! Thank you!
Dr. Mercola “Metals Free” Frying Pan: 14,900 ppm Lead. Check out the 140+ comments on this one, too!
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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
Would you like me to test your fidget?
Do you want me to test your fidget spinner for lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic? I would LOVE to test your fidget spinner! Note: While the consumer available swab test (that you can buy at most hardware stores) might work for some fidget spinners they will not detect lead in most spinners and they will not detect other…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Not Yet Tested #8
I have not yet tested this spinner, but plan on testing it the weekend of June 16, 2017. I have asked people to send me pictures of the spinners they are sending me to test. I am posting them here on my blog so that you can see what is already being sent in and…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Not Yet Tested #7
I have not yet tested this spinner, but plan on testing it the weekend of June 16, 2017. I have asked people to send me pictures of the spinners they are sending me to test. I am posting them here on my blog so that you can see what is already being sent in and…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Not Yet Tested #6
I have not yet tested this spinner, but plan on testing it the weekend of June 16, 2017. I have asked people to send me pictures of the spinners they are sending me to test. I am posting them here on my blog so that you can see what is already being sent in and…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Not Yet Tested #5
I have not yet tested this spinner, but plan on testing it the weekend of June 16, 2017. I have asked people to send me pictures of the spinners they are sending me to test. I am posting them here on my blog so that you can see what is already being sent in and…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Not Yet Tested #1
I have not yet tested this spinner, but plan on testing it the weekend of June 16, 2017. I have asked people to send me pictures of the spinners they are sending me to test. I am posting them here on my blog so that you can see what is already being sent in and…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Heavy Machined Brass with Plastic Colorful Bands
Material: Primarily Machined Leaded Brass with Plastic Colorful Accents- Manufacturer: Unknown / Not Confirmed – Purchased at: Unknown / Online? – Price: $31.99 (based on other internet listings.) Purchase Date: May 2017 (?) – Purchase State: Oregon – Color: Yellow Brass with Red, Yellow and Blue Plastic – Sent in By: Mama in Oregon – Test Results: Lead: 42,800…
#FidgetSpinnerTesting: Cammo Green Plastic from HobbyTown
This is the very first spinner I ever tested (or touched for that matter!, lol!) – end-of-May 2017. Material: Primarily Hard Plastic – Manufacturer: Unknown / Not Confirmed – Purchased at: HobbyTown – Purchase Date: May 19, 2017 (?) – Purchase State: Oklahoma – Color: Green / Cammo – Sent in By: Johna in Oklahoma…
#FidgetSpinnerArticle #4, WILL KILL YOUR CHILD
Not to take away from the serious issue of having found lead in a child’s toy (this is a real problem and it shouldn’t be happening)… but… we are laughing so hard we are practically wetting our pants over here reading the increasingly dramatic headlines on these articles about the work Carissa and I did last…
#FidgetSpinnerArticle #3: HORRIFYING
Not to take away from the serious issue of having found lead in a child’s toy (this is a real problem and it shouldn’t be happening)… but… we are laughing so hard we are practically wetting our pants over here reading the increasingly dramatic headlines on these articles about the work Carissa and I did last…
#FidgetSpinnerArticle #2: DEADLY
Not to take away from the serious issue of having found lead in a child’s toy (this is a real problem and it shouldn’t be happening)… but… we are laughing so hard we are practically wetting our pants over here reading the increasingly dramatic headlines on these articles about the work Carissa and I did last…
#FidgetSpinnerArticle #1: DANGEROUS
Not to take away from the serious issue of having found lead in a child’s toy (this is a real problem and it shouldn’t be happening)… but… we are laughing so hard we are practically wetting our pants over here reading the increasingly dramatic headlines on these articles about the work Carissa and I did last…
More Leaded Fidget Spinners! Episode 3 (Video)
This $31.00 “fidget spinner” tested positive for lead at 42,800 ppm! It also tested positive with a LeadCheck swab (meaning the lead can easily rub off on the fingers of the user.) The hazard level for lead in an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. The video below shows 6 fidgets and spinners I…
A Whole Lotta Lead In Fidget Spinners! Episode 2 (Video)
Please watch this video… I took apart a fidget spinner (one with L.E.D. flashing lights) and tested all the pieces in a couple of different ways… and found both high levels of lead and high levels of mercury! The lead level was as much as 19,000+ ppm lead, and the mercury level in the base…
The First Three Fidget Spinners…. Episode 1 (Video!)
So!… I made an announcement to my friends on Facebook that I wanted to use an XRF instrument to test some examples of the current hottest-toy-on-the-market – “fidget spinners” – for lead. My friend Johna in Oklahoma was so lovely to send me a handful of them and I tested them as soon as my…
You tested my soil, what do the results mean? How do I interpret the data? Is my soil safe?
Click here to read my post about soil testing. You may hear “experts” say that all soil has some amount of lead in it today, in the post-industrial revolution modern era. This is simply not true. I have personally tested countless soil samples from around the country that were completely negative (non-detect / ND) for lead,…
Magellan’s Public Statement, May 26, 2017
Magellan’s public statement from May 26, 2017: Click the image of the letter below to see the full size pdf.
Follow up on Magellan & Blood Lead Testing Instrumentation Concerns
Dear friends, Below is my promised follow up on the current concern about Magellan blood lead analyzers (a concern that is again today being plastered all over the news as a result of this week’s press releases from and involving the CDC and FDA)… What I have to say (and what needs to be emphasized) is…