#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…
Soil Testing Using an XRF: Send Lead Safe Mama soil samples to have them tested for Lead.
Originally posted: May 25, 2017 Updated: January 1, 2024 PLEASE NOTE: We currently have a 6 to 8 week turn around for reporting soil sample test results (for soil samples sent in by readers) in most cases. We may have urgent testing available (for a higher fee, see below) but this is not always the…
Public Statement From Magellan/ LeadCare2
I know the people at Magellan Diagnostics personally. They are a revolutionary company that has pioneered amazing technology for performing fast and efficient screening tests for lead (for humans and endangered wildlife!) in real-time (results in three minutes) in the field. Their technology is nothing short of miraculous. I wholly support their work and their products. I have…
My Clorox Wipes Video or “How to clean up Lead dust.” – A short video by Lead Safe Mama, Tamara Rubin.
This post and video were originally published in November of 2014. This is the technique we used to clean up Lead dust in our home after our children were poisoned back in 2005. We know for sure this works because we had dust wipe samples (tests to determine Lead-levels in dust) taken both BEFORE and…
Amazon Affiliate Update, May 2017
This post is an update on how much I’ve earned as an Amazon affiliate – thanks to all of you! Please keep clicking on my links before you start your shopping and Amazon will put a referral cookie in your browser so I will get a percentage of whatever you purchase, at no extra cost…
Necklaces, Necklaces, Necklaces (1 in 3)
Originally Posted May 15, 2017 Hello friends! Thank you so much to those of you who already bought a “1 in 3” lead poisoning prevention advocacy necklace! Here’s my original post about the necklaces from 2012 if you have not read it yet. [Don’t know what “1 in 3” stands for? Click here!] I wanted…
Front Page of the Oregonian Today
May 12, 2017 Lead Lurks in PPS Schools. By Bethany Barnes Note: We (Tamara & Leonard Rubin) usually post articles here on my blog without much commentary, but we could not be silent about one point in this article from this weekend’s Oregonian Newspaper. We have written the following in response. To see the original…
Pura Kiki Insulated Baby Bottle: the most egregious example of a “green-branded” bottle with unsafe levels of Lead.
Please read this entire post. Maybe by the end of it you will be as outraged as I have been by the actions of this company. – Thank you. Original post title: Pura Kiki Follow Up #SurprisedNotSurprised. To see more posts about the issues with this product and this company, click here. Highlights of the…
