Because people might find it a little difficult to locate this important document online, I have posted both a link here (click the image above or below to see the document on the EPA's site), and as a backup [given that so much essential information and vital scientific data has been deleted ...
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#LeadSafeMama Advertising Contract Income Year One (2018/2019): $25,930.05
I finally know how much advertising income my website can bring in in one year!
While it may seem odd to some newcomers to my site that I share my income figures publicly - here's why I write about my stats periodically (including my income from Amazon affiliate links, advertising and ...
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You know you’ve made an impact when…the Pyrex Passion group on Facebook has banned any conversation about Lead in the group!
I don't know who added me to this group on Facebook, but whoever did it probably did so just because they knew how funny (tragically funny) I would find this.
Here's the post I wrote for this group tonight:
Since I am going to get kicked out of this group anyway (I am not sure who added me ...
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Prince Harry + Meghan are asking for nominations on Instagram by Monday. Please consider nominating @LeadSafeMama. TIA.
The Sussex Royal account on Instagram (Prince Harry + Meghan) is using the month of August 2019 to highlight the work of 15 change-makers by following only those change-makers' accounts for the remainder of the month of August starting on Monday. They have unfollowed everyone else and will be adding ...
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Lead Safe Mama’s work is featured on Better Homes & Gardens Australia today!
This morning I logged in to check the traffic on my blog (as I do many mornings) and I noticed that there were already more than 5,000 views (and it wasn't even 8:00 a.m. yet!) I traced the source of the traffic using the handy "spy-tools" on the back end of my website and found that the traffic was ...
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Click the link to learn more! (Wait, what? Is this click bait? What are you selling?)
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 ...
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What’s happening for Lead Poisoning Prevention Month in your neck of the woods? A 2019 guide!
Please let the LeadSafeMama team know about the 2019 Lead Poisoning Prevention Month events in your neck of the woods and we will post them here in the guide below! Send an email to TamaraRubin at Mac dot com with the following information and we will add it here to our event listing for the month ...
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Christmas in July? Are you ready for the holidays? Click to read about a 72-hour “Special Offer” just for Lead Safe Mama readers!
Why I'm doing this:
...Because you asked!
I am doing this in an effort to expand the database of free information here on this site. Each and every day I get hundreds of communications (via e-mail, facebook messages, text messages and other places [that I check less frequently] - like Instagram ...
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1995 Franciscan Desert Rose China, Made in England: 47,800 ppm Lead on the food surface! 90 is unsafe for a child.
When this Franciscan Desert Rose Pattern China (Made in the England by Johnson Brothers in 1995) was tested with an XRF instrument it came in at 47,800 +/- 1,400 ppm lead. It is negative for Cd (cadmium), As (arsenic) and Hg (mercury), however that is one heck of a lot of lead to be found in the ...
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Lead Safe Mama is Scheduling Now for Lead Poisoning Prevention Month Events in October 2019!
If you are interested in scheduling a Lead Safe Mama event (speaking engagement, one-on-one personal home consultation, testing party, community outreach event, corporate employee education event or lunch-and-learn, etc.) contact Tamara directly at: TamaraRubin at Mac dot com.
The current October ...
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Lead Safe Mama’s Updated Bio for 2019 (+ new pics!)
Originally published July 24, 2019
Updated November 16, 2019
Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker and mother of four sons. Her four sons are now 23, 17, 14 and 11. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning prevention ...
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New article (including Lead Safe Mama interview) on Vice.com: “Millions of kids are exposed to Lead…”
Click the image below to read the full article.
By Ankita Rao
July 23, 2019
Millions of Kids Are Exposed to Lead Because the U.S. Prefers to Protect Landlords
Exposure to lead can cause permanent brain damage, a lower IQ, and other health problems. But without federal regulations, most people ...
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July 2019: Huge shout-out to Daron Jackson Photography for the new portraits she did for my family (& my website)!
Here's my family portrait from 2009 —10 years ago!
You may have noticed I have been using the same family portrait on website posts and in the news for a very long time!
Why? Finances, for one (it's not always possible to set aside $ for this sort of thing when feeding your family is ...
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Antique/vintage cut-out (lick-the-back) embossed stickers with glitter: 6,385 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids)
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 ...
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