.... 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!
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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
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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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#LeadSafeMama Fun Facts: In June 2019 this site had more than FOUR TIMES as many views as it did in June 2018!
More fun #LeadSafeMama stats!
LeadSafeMama.com closed out June 2019 with 186,506 unique views from more than 56,000 people in more than 100 countries! [Our people and countries numbers are reporting artificially on the low-side for this month because of Google Analytics glitch from May 15 to June ...
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‘Handmade’ does not always equal ‘safe’. Barrettes, bought at a 2018 Los Angeles craft fair: 36,600 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe.
These were purchased by a friend of mine in Santa Monica in the last year. (Actually my friend's mother purchased them for her toddler granddaughter to use). They were purchased at a downtown Los Angeles handmade crafts fair, and made and sold expressly intended for use by children.
Most of these ...
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“Made in Italy” saucer – purchased new at Crate & Barrel in 2006: 46,700 ppm Lead. [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
Most decorative Crate and Barrel-purchased dishware that I have tested over the years has been positive for high levels of Lead.
Here is the full XRF reading for the food surface of the plate pictured.
Plain white center of food surface of saucer:
Lead (Pb): 29,100 +/- 700 ...
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Royal Stafford Fine Earthenware Plate. English, from Crate & Barrel in 2006: 71,900 ppm Lead. [90 is unsafe for kids.]
I was excited to finally test this plate as I have had several readers ask me if this pattern has Lead. In general (as a rule) most "Royal Stafford" dishes (or "Staffordshire" - or "Made In England" for that matter!) I have tested have been positive for high levels of Lead and most ...
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