#GuerrillaXRFTesting: Target Threshold 2017 White Dishes (video)
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…
March 1, 2017 response from iPlay, the owners of the Green Sprouts sippy cup brand: “Thank you for your letter to i play.”
Originally Published: March 1, 2017 Hello all! Here is the response I got today from i play. I asked their permission to share it with all of you. I am thrilled that they are back on the right track (responsible engagement/cooperative problem-solving — vs. the heavy-handed saber-rattling from their attorneys that unfortunately, along with and ad…
#LeadFree: Williams Sonoma Stainless Measuring Cup
Williams Sonoma Stainless Steel Measuring Cup: Lead Free!, SS #304 Modern stainless marked and sold as stainless steel (manufactured today or recently) should all be lead free. Hello! These are some of the results of our recent testing parties. I will be updating each of these posts with more details very soon. Thank you everyone…
#LeadFree: Smart Planet Plastic Spork
Smart Planet Green Plastic Spork: Lead Free! Modern hard plastic flatware designed and sold as intended for children (manufactured today) should all be lead free. Hello! These are some of the results of our recent testing parties. I will be updating each of these posts with more details very soon. Thank you everyone for participating….
Stainless SS #304 Flatware Spoon by Wallace: Lead Free
Stainless Spoon by Wallace: Lead Free, SS #304 Modern stainless seamless (one-piece items) flatware should all be lead free. Click here to see other similar flatware. Hello! These are some of the results of our recent testing parties. I will be updating each of these posts with more details very soon. Thank you everyone for…
Williams Sonoma: Stainless Measuring Spoons
Williams Sonoma Measuring Spoons: Lead Free! Modern stainless measuring spoons should all be lead free. Click here to see other similar spoons. Hello! These are some of the results of our recent testing parties. I will be updating each of these posts with more details very soon. Thank you everyone for participating. As always, please…
#LeadFree: Silicone Muffin Cups
Silicone Muffin Cups: Lead Free! Hello! These are some of the results of our recent testing parties. I will be updating each of these posts with more details very soon. Thank you everyone for participating. As always, please feel free to ask questions. Click here for more #SaferChoices in bakeware for your family! Click here…
Lead-free! Planet Box Lunch Box
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…
#LeadSafe Dishes: Polish Pottery
Polish Pottery: 50 ppm lead. Hello! These are some of the results of recent XRF testing. The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for use by children is 90 parts per million and higher. Dishware is not considered “for use by children” and is therefore not regulated in the same…
Thank you everyone: 32,084 vists here in February
This site had 32,084 unique visits in February! Thank you for visiting! Please keep sending your friends! I really appreciate your efforts to spread the word, helping to protect children and families everywhere from environmental toxicity! As always, for #SaferChoices for your family, click here! (and a small portion of anything you purchase from Amazon…
My February 28, 2017 response to the attorneys for the Green Sprouts sippy cup: “Dear iPlay”
Advertising screenshot from the Green Sprouts website (with my letter below it): Originally Published: February 28, 2017 3:53 a.m., PST Dear iPlay, We love you. “We” are environmentally conscious moms trying to make our children’s lives better by protecting them from environmental toxicity. You have historically been an environmentally conscious responsible company making choices that…
#LeadedSippyCups: KPIX San Francisco News Story
KPIX San Francisco, news piece about lead found in the Green Sprouts sippy cup. Please click on the image below to read the story on their site and watch the video of their original news story. Published/ Aired February 11, 2017 Click here to support my advocacy work testing consumer goods for lead and working…
Coverage of the #GreenSproutsSippyCupIssue by The Soft Landing
From our friends at The Soft Landing (click the image below to read their full original post!) This story is from their website on Feb 27, 2017 Click here to support my advocacy work testing consumer goods for lead and working with parents of lead poisoned children. Click here for my recommendations for #SaferChoices for…
Dr. Mercola’s Coverage of the Green Sprouts Sippy Cup “Issue”
Click the image below to read Dr. Joseph Mercola’s coverage of the Green Sprouts sippy cup situation. Dr. Mercola has made a few errors in his post and we let him know about this, hopefully he will update it soon! This story is from his website on Feb 27, 2017 Click here to support my…
Twinsies! We each got letters from Green Sprouts’ attorneys on the same day!
This is a follow up post about the situation that has unfolded as a result of the high levels of lead I found (using XRF testing) in a newly purchased/ newly manufactured sippy cup (manufactured as intended to be used for infants and young children) made by Green Sprouts. To see all the related posts…
Supporting Details & Studies on the Appropriateness of #XRFTesting
This post was written as supporting documentation to a post about the Green Sprouts sippy cup focusing on the appropriateness and efficacy of XRF testing as a methodology for consumer goods testing. Thanks for reading! If you take the time to read this and follow the links, I applaud your efforts to better understand the concerns…
Read this post to learn what I have done at my home to make sure my urban yard and garden are Lead-safe!
Posted here: February 26, 2017 Updated: April 26, 2020 I took this picture of our back yard years ago and realized that every element in the photos had a “Lead story” – so I thought it would be fun to annotate it and share it with you all, in case it could help you come up with some new ideas…
Vintage Milk Glass Salt & Pepper Shakers
Vintage Milk Glass Salt & Pepper Shakers. 57,800 ppm lead (on the painted decorations). Lids are lead-free (non-detect for lead with XRF). XRFTesting. To help research safer choices for your family, click here. To learn more about testing for lead, click here.
Small vintage milk glass Pyrex mixing bowl: 893 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe in kid’s items & most milk glass has some Lead)
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 Mama,…
This is what a responsible company looks like! Read this letter from Instant Pot.
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…
Letter from Green Sprouts Sippy Cup Attorneys
Originally Published: February 26, 2017 I have been out of town (in California) for the past several days. My husband received this via FedEx today (Saturday, 2/25/2017). Please click on the image to see the letter full size. I will be writing more about this shortly, however I want to say that I stand by…
#SaferChoices: Which Water Bottles & Sippy Cups are Lead-Free?
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…
My original letter to the makers of the Green Sprouts sippy cup, following my findings of Lead paint on their glass insert.
Newly manufactured (2017) sippy cup: tested positive for 3,003 ppm Lead (using XRF technology). Originally published: February 10, 2017 Updated: 12/13/2020 Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to to see a full size PDF of my original letter (dated January 30, 2017) that was written to the manufacturer of Green Sprouts products…
One Year Ago Today! #IMetABoyAtTheRally
Last year I was affiliated with a nonprofit and our country was in the middle of an election so I limited my sharing of my work with Bernie Sanders, but since both of those things are no longer retraints I wanted to share this with you… #JustBecause! I met Bernie’s Flint campaign HQ manager a…