I get these questions a lot!
"Do sea shells have Lead?"
"What about Cadmium and Mercury?"
"Are they safe for my kids to play with?"
My Answer
I have tested quite a few shells (of different sizes, from different animals and from different parts of the world) and never found one to ...
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#AskTamara: Do sea shells have unsafe levels of heavy metals? Are they safe for my kids to play with?
I get these questions a lot!
"Do sea shells have Lead?"
"What about Cadmium and Mercury?"
"Are they safe for my kids to play with?"
My Answer
I have tested quite a few shells (of different sizes, from different animals and from different parts of the world) and never found one to ...
Read More about #AskTamara: Do sea shells have unsafe levels of heavy metals? Are they safe for my kids to play with?
August 2019 is now in 4th place in the race for #BestMonthEver :-) – This is fun! Thanks everyone!
Thursday, August 29, 2019 - Update: ...
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Avi’s Thoughts on Climate Change Action – August 2019
Avi Rubin is a 14 year old kid activist. He was Lead poisoned as an infant (at 7 months old) and has a permanent brain injury as a result of his poisoning - with a visual memory in the 4th percentile. To accommodate his disabilities he has learned to use tools like "text to speech" to ...
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Video: Avi’s upset that he missed the first day of school because PPS did not yet approve his “Transfer” to Wilson.
You can read the full e-mail exchange to date with the school here on this link.
Link above updated 8/28/2019 - 8:40 p.m.
Video below is just 90 seconds long, make sure to turn on the volume. Thanks! ...
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August 2019 is now in 5th place in the race for #BestMonthEver :-)
Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - Update: ...
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And then this happened… PPS continues to deny FAPE to my children. Please share this post, maybe they will respond.
A note to my readers: Please click through to twitter (the link to the tweet is below) and RT this and like it for me (in the hopes that the Portland Public Schools Superintendent of Schools sees the tweet and responds. Thank you.
Portland Public Schools is denying my children FAPE . - ...
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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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