Childhood Lead Exposure Can Change The Course Of A Life
Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 29, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…
In California, A Lead Water Crisis That Rivals Flint
Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 30, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…
2017 | 2017 Articles | Articles | Lead In Schools | Lead in Water | March | March 2017 | Television | TV
Alabama to test all public schools’ drinking water for lead contamination
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After therapy dog refuses to drink, San Diego Unified finds lead in water
Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 24, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…
How a tiny change allowed kids to use a lead-polluted Salem factory
Click the image below to read the full story! Published March 24, 2017 There are two easy ways you can support my advocacy work if you want to help: 1) Click on the suggested Amazon product links to the right (on this page) before you start your Amazon shopping! You don’t even have to buy any…
Home Depot accused of unsafe practices, federal government launches criminal investigation
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6 Things You Should Never Buy at the Dollar Store
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Here’s Why the Environmental Protection Agency Was Created…
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Thanks to you and your friends for visiting this site 39,831 times in March!
This site had 39,831 unique visits in March! Thank you for visiting! Please keep sending your friends, especially those who are looking for ways to protect their children from environmental toxicity in their homes, schools and environment! I really appreciate your efforts to spread the word. As always, for #SaferChoices for your family, click here! A…
Which foods have lower Lead levels? Tamara’s food list (including foods we try to avoid at all costs)!
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 used…
Bone Broth | Drinking Lead | Earthpaste | Eating Lead | Lead Myths | Leaded Diet | Leaded Soup | Myths | Scientific Studies
Q. Is there an unsafe level of Lead in bone broth? A. There can be, so you need to be careful in sourcing your bones.
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…
Ask Tamara: What Dish Rack Do You Use?
Ask Tamara Question: What dish rack do you use? Answer: Natural materials! Whenever possible I try to stick with natural materials in my home. That means unpainted, uncoated – and usually undecorated. For a dish rack, I think wood is good option! I have also had stainless steel ones in the past. If they are…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | #LeadSafe | Blossom Time | Flatware | International Silver | Silver | Silverware | Sterling | Sterling Silver | Vintage Kitchenware | Vintage Silver | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage 1950s Silverware, Blossom Time: Lead-free! Vintage (but not antique!) sterling silver is generally a safe choice.
Originally written: March 28, 2017 Updated: March 3, 2020 A little personal story about the silverware pictured here. My husband’s mother died of a very aggressive form of lung cancer when he was just 18 years old (c. 1976.). As a result, I never met my mother-in-law – and my children never had her as…
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#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Costume Jewelry
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing costume jewelry hot of the display shelf at Target! Check out my #SaferChoices post about jewelry here! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider…
#ClearGlass | #TargetVideo | Clear Glass | Clear Glass Dishes | Glass | Guerrilla | GuerrillaXRFTesting | Target | Target Video | Video | Videos | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Testing Clear Glass
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing clear glass dishes hot of the display shelf at Target! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider clicking through to Amazon from one of my…
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#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Vinyl T-Shirt Designs
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing children’s t-shirts hot of the display shelf at Target! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider clicking through to Amazon from one of my…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | Bella Faenza | Corelle | Corelle Dishes | Glass | Modern Corelle | New Corelle | White Glass | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadSafeMama’s favorite Lead-free dishes: white glass embossed “Bella Faenza” pattern by Corelle
These Corelle Bella Faenza dishes are my new favorite dishes. They are a little more expensive than the simple plain frost white Corelle (which are similarly Lead-free, as are any of the new plain white Corelle), but they also have a beautiful embossed vine-like pattern around the edges. This product is a great example of…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | Corelle | Frost White | Glass | SKim | White Glass | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Corelle Frost White Bowl
Corelle Frost White Bowl: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see this exact product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing &…
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#LeadFree: SnapWare Glass Storage
SnapWare Glass Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see this exact product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing & childhood lead…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | Food Storage | Lead Free | Lead Free Food Storage | Plastic Storage | SKim | Snap Ware | SnapWare | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: SnapWare Plastic Storage
SnapWare Plastic Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see a similar product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing & childhood lead…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | New Zealand | Plastic Storage | Sandwich Box | Sistema | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Sistema Sandwich Box
Sistema Sandwich Box: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see a similar product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing & childhood lead…
Nuby Teether: Non-detect for Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury when tested with an XRF instrument. (Thank G-d!)
Originally written: March 20, 2017 Updated: March 3, 2020 When tested with an XRF instrument the Nuby Teether pictured in this post (purchased new in 2013) was Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). It was also non-detect for Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury. This finding is consistent with all newer plastic baby products made after 2011. Outside of the concern…
#LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | Food Network | Stainless | Stainless Cutlery | Stainless Flatware | Stainless Steel | Stainless Utensils | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree Stainless Food Network Cutlery
Stainless Steel Spoon by the Food Network: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). All modern stainless steel utensils I have tested have been lead free. How to choose stainless flatware: Single component metal (seamless) Unpainted / Undecorated (no enamels) Marked (stamped in to the metal): “Stainless” or “Stainless Steel” or a number representing the metal grade. Stainless…
#CadmiumConcerns | #LeadFree | #LeadFreeKitchen | Cadmium | Cadmium Concerns | Munchkin | Munchkin Sippy Straw Cup | Silicone | Sippy Cup | Sippy Straw Cup | Straw Cup | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
#LeadFree: Munchkin Brand Sippy Straw Cup
Munchkin Brand Sippy Straw Cup: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As & Hg! Integrated silicone straw is 24 ppm Cd. (Considered safe by all standards.) To see a similar product online click here!* For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my…