Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-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 ...
Read More about WHY IS THIS NOT ILLEGAL?! Jervis & George glass sippy cup jar: 6,422 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 88 Cadmium
Recent & Important Articles:
Star Wars Storm Trooper ceramic mug (Dollar Store find): 605 ppm Lead (90 is considered unsafe for kids’ items)
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). ...
Read More about Star Wars Storm Trooper ceramic mug (Dollar Store find): 605 ppm Lead (90 is considered unsafe for kids’ items)
Do you know where the “Mad Hatter” got his name? Here’s a clue – vintage felt hat: 3,844 ppm MERCURY! [100 is unsafe]
I have long known the vintage and antique felt hats were (historically) made with unsafe levels of Mercury (as part of the felting process for the wool as I understand it), but I had never personally tested a vintage felt hat and found it to be positive for high levels of Mercury — until ...
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A #LeadSafeMama Financial Update: July 14, 2019 – Testing, Projects, Legal Battles
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Hello all!
Seeing as how my readers have been critical players in supporting my work during a difficult 3+ years, it's time for an update on the progress of various things - including a variety of exciting news to share!
#1, my legal battle:
Thank you so much to ...
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#SiteStats: July 2019 is on track to become #LeadSafeMama’s second best #BestMonthEver!
.... this is second only to #TupperwareGate2019 in March of this year with over 1,300,000 unique views in one month!
Thanks everyone for sharing my posts! I really appreciate it.
...& BTW this is incredibly odd, July is generally one of the SLOWEST months for my advocacy work! ...
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Someone is about to win a set of Kleynimals toy keys for a little person in their life! And the winner is…
Lead Safe Mama just passed 24,250 "likes" on Facebook — and to celebrate reaching this milestone we are giving away one set of Kleynimals' toy keys to a lucky person chosen at random from everyone who "follows" and "likes" Lead Safe Mama on Facebook!
And the winner is: Angela ...
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Fun Facts: Yesterday July 2019 moved in to #LeadSafeMama’s 11th top month ever spot, and this morning it just popped up two notches into 9th place!
Click the image to see the graph full size!
Thanks for being here everyone! We're on a roll!!!! [Big time!]
Thanks for sharing this information with people in your families and communities.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama ...
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Still in search of a Lead-free purple mug! Miniso 2019 Simple Ceramic Mug: 99 ppm Lead #LeadSafe! (Almost there!)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this newly-purchased (2019) Miniso simple ceramic mug (in "fashionable" purple) had the following readings:
Purple exterior glaze:
Lead (Pb): 99 +/- 22 ppm
Barium (Ba): 1,056 +/ 92 ppm
TIn (Sn): 903 +/- 49 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 5,914 +/- 251 ppm ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 25,800 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 25,800 +/- 1,000 ppm
Barium (Ba): 538 +/- 130 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Antimony (Sb), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg) and ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 28,500 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 28,500 +/- 900 ppm
Barium (Ba): 700 +/- 115 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), Antimony (Sb) and ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 57,900 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 57,900 +/- 2,600 ppm
Barium (Ba): 4,614 +/- 448 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 7,268 +/- 1,069 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 46,200 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 46,200 +/- 2,300 ppm
Barium (Ba): 3,011 +/- 366 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 6,308 +/- 1,185 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 74,000 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 74,000 +/- 3,200 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,522 +/- 281 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 5,608 +/- 914 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 2,438 +/- 210 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 49,100 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 49,100 +/- 2,100 ppm
Barium (Ba): 3,765 +/- 367 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 5,400 +/- 947 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), ...
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