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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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…”
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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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Vintage “Historical America Betsy Ross Showing The First Flag” Dish by Homer Laughlin: 57,200 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe]
This plate was purchased at an antique store in Oregon in 2018. The text on the back is as follows:
Historical America
Betsy Ross Showing the First Flag...1777
Homer Laughlin China Co.
Made in USA
Picture Reproduced From
Original Painting By
Joseph Boggs Beale
Copyright - Modern ...
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Vintage Lenox Temper-Ware Fall Bounty Plate: 173,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for children) + 1,775 ppm Arsenic
This vintage Temper-ware by Lenox (Made in the USA, Fall Bounty pattern) was a likely source of Lead exposure for a child. Mama sent me this plate to test after she first confirmed it was positive for Lead by testing it with a swab. While not all vintage dishes will test positive with a ...
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Vintage Maxwell House Thermos: 2,034 ppm Lead, 26 Cadmium, 249 Arsenic, 42 Antimony & that’s just in the CUP!
When tested with an XRF instrument this Thermos brand Maxwell House coffee Thermos (vintage, yard sale find!) had the following readings:
Continue reading below each of the images to see the XRF reading for that specific component.
Integrated red plastic cup on top (image above):
Lead ...
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I’m sort of in love with this store! Miniso 2019 “Smile, Enjoy Your Life” Glass Water Bottle: Lead-Free (Cadmium Free, etc.)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this newly-purchased (2019) Miniso small glass water bottle had the following readings:
Plain (undecorated) section of the glass of the bottle:
Barium (Ba): 456 +/ 228 ppm
Copper (Cu): 50 +/- 18 ppm
Iron (Fe): 125 +/- 38 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 12 +/- 7 ...
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Do you have a painted bracelet like this at home? This was positive for 19,400 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 489 Arsenic.
When tested with an XRF instrument the hand painted child's bracelet pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 19,400 +/- 400 ppm
Arsenic (As): 489 +/- 132 ppm
Barium (Ba): 24,500 +/- 500 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 3,332 +/- 246 ppm
Tests are science-based and results are ...
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Authentic Louis Vuitton Bag, c. 2001: 811 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe. Does your baby play with your purse?
Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and she is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. She ...
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