You are invited to send in an item for testing…

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Published: January 9, 2024 This is a post I have written to share with people who are being invited to send an item in for testing. If you would like to be considered to be invited to send an item in for testing, please start by reading this post (linked) and following the instructions there….

Stanley confirms that “Stanley Cup” insulated Stainless Steel tumblers are made with “Some Lead”

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Lead Safe Mama Giveaway #8: Thursday, January 04, 2024 Giveaway Details! Enter for a chance to win before noon tomorrow (PST)!

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Important Links! Today’s giveaway prize is a Lead-Free Tumbler from HydroFlask — here’s an affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3H8wxiA Here’s the link to follow our Instagram account: http://www.Instagram.com/LeadSafeMama Here’s the link to subscribe to the newsletter: https://tamararubin.com/subscribe/ Today’s Giveaway Our 8th Giveaway in This Series Thursday — January 04, 2024 Celebrating 42,000 Instagram followers! (read the text in…

Top 10 Lead Safe Mama Articles of 2023!

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This is an ad-free post. To make a contribution and help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you.   Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Here’s the top 11 — the 11th is a “bonus.” For more top posts, scroll down to the final image.       Below is a screenshot of ALL of…

Final Outreach Stats for December of 2023 in Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s “Best Year Ever” for Reach & Readership

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We stopped using balsamic vinegar more than 10 years ago, when we learned it tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead.

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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…

December Lead Safe Mama Giveaway #7: Friday, December 29, 2023 Giveaway Details! Enter for a chance to win before noon tomorrow (PST)!

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Important Links! This prize package (the “Rubin Brothers Lead Free Lemonade Stand Starter Kit“) includes a Lead-Free measuring cup (with a juicer top), a Lead-Free juice pitcher, and and a set of two Lead-free cookie jars! Here’s our Amazon affiliate link for these items: Juice Pitcher: https://amzn.to/3RE5pg6 ($34.99 on Amazon, today) Cookie Jars: https://amzn.to/3O7tLOv ($24.99…

XRF Test Results for Certified International Blue Glazed Ceramic Bowl (purchased at Costco c. 2017 or Later), Made in China

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XRF Test Results for “Mickey’s Coffee” Ceramic Dish (Made in China)

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XRF Test Results for Brown Glass Bottle for Perque Choline Citrate

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Even knives marked “Stainless” can have unsafe levels of bioavailable Lead (especially if the handle is made of a different material). Read more here.

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Monday – December 25, 2023 Giveaway Details! Enter for a chance to win before midnight PST!

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  Here’s our Amazon affiliate link for today’s prize: https://amzn.to/4aMPMvJ Here’s the link to follow our Instagram account: http://www.Instagram.com/LeadSafeMama Here’s the link to subscribe to the newsletter: https://tamararubin.com/subscribe/ Today’s Giveaway A Giveaway of one set of three LEAD FREE Stainless Steel Stand Mixer Attachment Paddles from KitchenAid Affiliate Link for this Prize: https://amzn.to/4aMPMvJ Monday –…

If I celebrated Christmas, here’s what I would like in my stocking…

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

December 2023 Amazon Picks: A Wonderful Last Minute Christmas Gift for Kids!

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December 2023 Amazon Picks: A Good Book About Lead Poisoning

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More 2023 Giveaway Winners — September 2023 Lead-Free Casserole Dish Giveaway!

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More 2023 Giveaway Winners — September 2023 Pie Plate Giveaway!

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XRF Test Results for Noritake Elysian Pattern — c. 1930s (Made in Japan)

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XRF Test Results for Winnie the Pooh 2003 Splendiferous Celebration Fine Ivory China Dish by Lenox

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XRF Test Results for 2021 Starbucks “Been There Series” Florida Ceramic Mug

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XRF Test Results for Glazed Handmade Ceramic cup (sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from California)

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XRF Test Results for Pink Glazed Winifred & Lily Ceramic dog Food Bowl (sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader for testing)

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