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Sunday, August 25, 2019 Amazon Affiliate Income Update: $49.75 earned Saturday!
Yesterday I earned $49.75 in Amazon Affiliate income thanks to your clicks!
That brings my monthly total (through Saturday night, 8/24) to $1,042.38, or an average of $43.43 a day this month! If things keep going at this rate I will earn $1,346.41 this month in Amazon affiliate income. Thanks ...
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Anchor Hocking Measuring Cup: 36,300 ppm Lead + 580 Cadmium. Are the markings on YOUR measuring cup worn?
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Anchor Hocking "Oven Originals" (made in the USA) one-cup glass measuring cup with blue markings had the following readings:
Blue painted markings:
Lead (Pb): 36,300 +/- 1,000 ppm [causes brain damage if ingested or inhaled]
Cadmium (Cd): 580 +/- 36 ...
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Vintage Blauw Delfts Distee “Made in Holland” Hand Painted Ashtray: 46,800 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe.
When tested with an XRF instrument, this blue and white Blauw Delfts Distee (Made in Holland) hand-painted ashtray had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 46,800 +/- 1,100 ppm
Barium (Ba): 230 +/- 75 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 90 +/- 27 ppm
Tin (Sn): 284 +/- 28 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 325 +/- 42 ...
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Limoges dish by Haviland & Co., France: 7,109 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 146 ppm Antimony. What china do you have?
This piece looks very much like the similar piece posted earlier but has a slightly different color profile and slightly different pattern. It's possible that they are the same pattern but manufactured in different years.
When tested with an XRF instrument this Limoges floral pattern dish by ...
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Limoges dish by Haviland & Co., France: 2,337 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 366 ppm Arsenic. What china do you have?
When tested with an XRF instrument this Limoges floral pattern dish by Haviland & Co., Haviland France had the following readings:
On the food surface - with the scope on the flowers the center:
Lead (Pb): 2,337 +/- 62 ppm
Arsenic (As): 366 +/- 41 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,273 +/- 230 ppm ...
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August 2019 just popped into 6th place in the race for #BestMonthEver on the LeadSafeMama website
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Hi friends!
This morning, August 2019 became #LeadSafeMama's 6th best month ever passing 174,000 unique page views total (with March 2019 still in first place at a seemingly untouchable 1.3 million views in one month). As of posting this update on Sunday afternoon ...
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The story of the mermaid necklace that my son Charlie just “had to have”: 45,100 ppm Lead (Renaissance Faire Find.)
This summer my friend Katie gave us free tickets to go the Oregon Renaissance Festival (what a treat - we never had gone in our 17+ years of living in Oregon!) My 11-year-old son had scrimped and saved, and brought all his savings – $15.00 in spending money with him – hoping to find a treasure to ...
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Replica “piece of eight” bought at 2019 Oregon Renaissance Faire: 1,497 ppm Antimony-a known carcinogen. NOT A TOY!
When tested with an XRF instrument the copy / replica / "toy" "Pieces of Eight" coin pictured here (an item which was purchased at the Oregon Renaissance Festival / Faire in the summer of 2019) had the following readings:
Chromium (Cr): 204 +/- 127 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 1,497 +/- 213 ppm ...
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Thank you for supporting my work with your purchasing power on Amazon!
Yesterday I earned $48.85 in Amazon Affiliate income thanks to your clicks!
Buying Groceries? Bandaids? Back To School Supplies? For good measure (to help my Amazon earnings for today - in case you happen to be shopping) here's my Amazon affiliate link for the lead-free dishes we use every day in ...
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Vintage Thermos lunchbox: Positive for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium — a LUNCHBOX! (Don’t let kids use this)
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 ...
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2012 Pottery Barn Emma Made In Portugal White Ceramic Saucer: 52 +/- 17 ppm Lead (Pb). Safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument this Emma design white ceramic saucer Made in Portugal for the Pottery Barn label (which the owner says she purchased new c. 2012) had the following readings:
Bottom of saucer (logo area):
Lead (Pb): 52 +/- 17 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 22,800 +/- 700 ppm
Copper ...
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Arzberg white ceramic dinner plate, made in Germany – c. 1987 – 1992: Lead-safe when tested with an XRF instrument [55 ppm].
When tested with an XRF instrument, the white ceramic Arzberg (Germany) dish pictured here (purchased by the owner at Crate & Barrel sometime between 1987 and 1992) had the following readings...
Bottom of plate (over logo area):
Lead (Pb): 55 +/- 13 ppm
Iron (Fe): 2,497 +/- 219 ppm ...
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