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#LeadFree: LifeFactory Baby Bottle
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)…
Green Pattern Franciscan Potteries Vintage Ceramic Plate: 69,900 ppm Lead + 86 ppm Cadmium
69,900 ppm lead – Franciscan Plate Vintage Dishes #XRFTesting #LeadedDishware For context: Items intended for children are required by current legislation to be under 90 ppm lead in the paint / glaze or coating, Dishes (especially vintage dishes!) are not regulated for total lead content (via XRF reading.). I personally stay away from Franciscan dishes at…
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#LeadFreeToys: Stacking Cups
Green Sprouts Plastic Stacking Cups Bath Toy: Lead Free! (ND for Cd, As, & Hg Too!) Check out my #SaferChoices Posts Here. Click here to see this product on Amazon. learn more about XRF Testing here. If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do…
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#LeadFreeKitchen: Sink Hardware Handle
#LeadFree Sink Handle (for a bathroom or kitchen sink?)! This one is essentially 100% nickel! Nickel or stainless steel are good #SaferChoices for something like this. Note: if you have yellow brass handles for your sink there is a chance they can be high lead, and there’s even a chance that they can have lead that…
#LeadedKitchen: Sink Hardware
Sink Harware?: 5510 ppm lead. It’s not uncommon for sink hardware to be high lead. If you are seeing this on Facebook click the image for more info! Stainless steel is a good #SaferChoice for something like this, although lead in a kitchen or bathroom hardware piece like this is not likely to present a hazard…
#LeadedKitchen: Sink Hardware
Sink Stopper: 7,251 ppm lead. If you are seeing this on Facebook click the image for more info! Stainless steel is a good #SaferChoice for something like this, although lead in a kitchen or bathroom hardware piece like this is not likely to present a hazard to your children. Personally we got rid of our…
#LeadSafe: Heath Potteries Dark Bowl
This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): #LeadSafe! (Click the image to see the levels). Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! Most of the ones tested this round were #LeadFree….
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#LeadFree: Heath Potteries Dinner Plate
This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): Lead Free! Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! I have spoken to their CEO and I feel that Heath today is a terrific…
#LeadFree: Heath Potteries Small Bowl
This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): Lead Free! Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! I have spoken to their CEO and I feel that Heath today is a terrific…
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#LeadFree: Heath Plate
This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): Lead Free! Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! I have spoken to their CEO and I feel that Heath today is a terrific…
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#LeadFree: Heath Potteries Bowl
This is very exciting! Newly made Heath Potteries (Sausalito, CA): Lead Free! Older Heath Potteries pieces have tested high lead, and it is great to see a company that has met the market demand and truly progressed with the times! I have spoken to their CEO and I feel that Heath today is a terrific…
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#XRFTesting: Pura Water Bottle with Silicone Sleeve
This stainless steel Pura water bottle (pictured here and below) is non-detect for lead in all of the accessible parts. The silicone parts of this particular bottle tested positive for low/ trace cadmium. Given I have been finding cadmium in more than 50% of silicone items I have tested, I conclude (just based on my observations) that…
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#GuerrillaXRFTesting: Recycled Tinted Glass & Cocktails!
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing recycled tinted glass from Spain, hot of the display shelf at Target! As we say in the video, recycled glass is often very high in lead. I can’t say from looking at a product if it is going to leach…
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#GuerrillaXRFTesting at Target: Riedel Vivant “Crystal”
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing Riedel Vivant lead-free “crystal” wine goblets hot of the display shelf at Target! Click here to see these goblets on Amazon. Learn more about concerns for leaded crystal here. If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy…
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#GuerrillaXRFTesting at Target! Corelle Dishes
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing Corelle dishes hot of the display shelf at Target! The Bella Faenza white dishes were lead-free! Learn more about Corelle Dishes here & here. If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including…
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XRFTesting: Corelle White Bowl
Corelle White Bowl: Lead Free! (ND = “Non-Detect” for lead.) Also ND for mercury, cadmium & arsenic. Here is my post I wrote about the dishes I use in my home! learn more about XRF Testing here. Here’s a link to find these exact Corelle bowls on Amazon This ^^ is an affiliate link! If you…
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RePlay brand recycled plastic sippy cups: #Safe! Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Arsenic!
When tested with an XRF instrument the RePlay Recycled Pink & Blue Sippy Cup (pictured below, purchased c. late-2015/early-2016) had the following readings (both components tested): Lead (Pb): Non-Detect (ND) / Negative Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (ND) / Negative Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (ND) / Negative Arsenic (As): Non-Detect (ND) / Negative All products that I have ever tested…
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#XRFTesting: RePlay Dish
RePlay Recycled Red Plastic Dish (2015/2016): Lead Free! (ND = “Non-Detect” for lead.) RePlay on Amazon This ^^ is an affiliate link! If you buy something after clicking it, I may get a percentage from Amazon (at no extra cost to you!) Thank you! If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my…
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Mason Jars … Kerr Brand: 23 ppm Lead (+ Cadmium too). WAIT! Don’t Panic! Read post instead! TIA.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Kerr Mason Jar (pictured here, year unknown) was positive for Lead at 23 parts per million. WAIT! DON’T PANIC! Almost all of the newer Ball Jars that I have tested have tested NEGATIVE for Lead and negative for Cadmium. These levels (of Lead and Cadmium) found here in…
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Ball Mason Jars (year of manufacture unknown): 43 ppm Lead (safe by ALL standards.) Don’t Panic! [Read this post first.]
Ball Mason Jar (year unknown): 43 ppm lead. WAIT! DON’T PANIC! While this jar was positive for a “trace” (very low level) of Lead… Almost all of the newer Ball Jars that I have tested have tested NEGATIVE for Lead or Cadmium. These levels found here in this jar that I tested (picture below) are trace/ very…
#XRFTesting: Green Sprouts Plastic Sippy Bottle
Green Sprouts Brand Plastic Sippy Bottle: All Components were “Non-Detect” (negative) for Lead, Arsenic and Mercury. Exact items tested are in photo below. All components were tested. Only the two components with an arrow (in the photo below) pointing to specific results were positive for cadmium. All of the other components tested negative (non-detect) for the following elements:…
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#XRFTesting: Avent Glass Baby Bottle
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)…
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#XRFTesting: Stainless Flatware for Children
Children’s Stainless Steel Silverware / Flatware sets: Non-Detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic. Exact items tested are in photo below. Stainless Steel is primarily composed of chromium, nickel, and iron. Iron in stainless is usually in the 750,000 to 850,000 ppm range. Chromium in stainless is usually in the 120,000 to 182,000 ppm range….
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#XRFTesting: Orange Pura Child’s Water Bottle
This stainless steel Pura water bottle (pictured below) is non-detect for lead in all of the accessible parts. The silicone parts of this particular bottle tested positive for low/ trace cadmium. Given I have been finding cadmium in more than 50% of silicone items I have tested, I conclude (just based on my observations) that this…