When tested with an XRF instrument the yellow plastic Rubbermaid brand mug pictured here was negative for all of the main toxicants I look for in my work: Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury and Antimony.
If you know what year this was made (or if you purchased a similar mug and know what year you ...
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1969 Avon Milk Glass Charlie Brown Mug: 40,600 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 1,576 ppm Cadmium (40 is illegal)
Below are the full XRF readings (test results) for the vintage milk glass Avon branded Charlie Brown mug (from 1969!) pictured here.
Blue painted area of decorative elements (image above)
NOTE: areas of worn paint in image above!
Lead (Pb): 39,900 +/- 900 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 503 +/- 26 ppm ...
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A random #LeadSafeMama Amazon affiliate link from me today….
Below is a random #LeadSafeMama Amazon affiliate link in case you are going to be shopping on Amazon in the near future. Click this link first (before you start your shopping) and I will get a percentage of what you spend (funds which support my advocacy work) at no extra cost to you. You don't ...
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When I am traveling I love to pick up vintage (Leaded?) finds to add to my museum and website! Can you help with this?
I took a couple of days "off" with my kids (at the forest and the beach)! And of course, along the way I stopped in at a thrift store or two, to see what vintage finds I might come across that would make a good addition to my book or my website. There are so many antique and thrift stores out here ...
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Lead Safe Mama is coming to Australia? Join “Australia Lead Safe Mamas” on Facebook to help coordinate a trip!
Join the Australia Lead Safe Mamas Facebook group to help Tamara coordinate a trip to Australia sometime in the next year or two!
Over the past year or so I have become very present to the fact that I have more readers in Australia than in most other places on the planet! Per the Google Analytics ...
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Lead Safe Mama is coming to San Francisco – September 2019! [Updated schedule].
Above is my September 2019 San Francisco, California schedule (with my availability for home visits, outreach events or other consulting (or social!) opportunities!
Please let me know if you are interested in hiring me or in getting together in September 2019 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thank ...
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Vintage Telephone. Remember these things? Did you ever chew the cord while chatting? 47,100 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe.]
How much Lead did this phone have exactly?
When tested with an XRF instrument, the vintage telephone (made in Holland) pictured here had the following readings:
The curly cord connecting the phone's handset to the base:
Lead (Pb): 47,100 +/- 1,600 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 46 +/- 18 ppm
Mercury (Hg): ...
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I just started watching “I Love Lucy” with my youngest son — and guess what I spotted?
My youngest son is a bit hooked on T.V. This is par-for-the-course (as I understand it) for American 11 year old boys, and especially so for boys who suffer from severe ADHD and have trouble focusing on so many other types of activities.
We try to limit the amount of brain-eating ...
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Lead Safe Mama Refund Policies: Updated March 2024.
Updated: March 2, 2024
The Lead Safe Mama refund policy has historically spread across a few different documents and blog posts, however I have created this post to consolidate all of the relevant scenarios on one post. As always, please let me know if you have any questions, or if you ...
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Tamara, did you block me?
Hi all.
There were some questions today (on the "interwebs" - specifically Facebook) about me blocking people.
Over the past 4 or 5 months I have begun to remove some people from my "Facebook Friends" list - and in a few cases, block them - just to clean up and simplify my ...
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Another nomination opportunity! I would love to test Kylie and Ellen’s dishes for them! Could you please nominate me?
Please click the image to read about this amazing opportunity!
As many of you know, I have been trying to come up with new ways to bring attention to the issue of Lead-painted baby bottles (and the larger issue of the Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, and other potently toxic heavy metals) commonly ...
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Can I send in one of my dishes (or other items) to test for Lead? Yes, maybe — but read this first! Thanks.
Updated: Saturday — July 27, 2024
Question:
Tamara, can I send you one of my dishes to test for Lead? Or — if not a dish — some other toy, jewelry, trinket, heirloom, whatever?
Answer:
Yes (maybe)!
For baby bottles or collectible decorated/ painted glassware: If you ...
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Just two more months!
Chip In Link:
https://tamararubin.com/2017/01/chip-in/ ...
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Dear Natural Baby Mama readers who have questions about XRF testing, please read this.
I have written this in response to a lot of questions I get from readers who follow the blogger Natural Baby Mama. Since I get the same questions and concerns "on the regular," I thought I would address all of the concerns that have come up here, in one article. Please do take the ...
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