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June 8, 2019 Lead Safe Mama Newsletter
#LeadSafeMama Update
Saturday - June 08, 2019
Hello, and Happy Saturday! I have a few things I wanted to update you all on today...
#1... I'm in Chicago until June 17th [for a conference, and for home visits and outreach events with families], and I have still have ...
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Caveman Cups “Extreme Use” Stainless Steel Cub Plates: #Safe! Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Arsenic.
I have recommended products from Caveman Cups for at least a couple of years (since I first found them online and then shortly after confirmed they were an excellent [lead-free!] choice when I tested them at the homes of a few of my readers!)
Here's my Amazon affiliate link for these plates: ...
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Purple Satin Chinese Nesting Zippered Purse Purchased in San Francisco’s China Town – 2018: Lead Free
Published: June 6, 2019
This purse came with a set of 7 purses, each incrementally smaller and nested inside each other. It was purchased in 2018 at one of the gift shops ubiquitous in San Francisco's China Town. It does not have a label or maker's mark.
When tested with an XRF ...
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Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Lead Free & Cadmium Free!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Set Mug: Lead-Free, Cadmium-Free, Arsenic-Free - because of course it is! You rock Ellen!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this gray and white Ellen show official set mug had the following readings:
White text on outside of mug:
Barium (Ba): 1,969 +/- 130 ppm ...
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Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) Today Show: 830 ppm Cadmium (75 is illegal in Denmark)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this orange and white Today Show official set mug had the following readings:
White on outside of mug:
Lead (Pb): 88 +/- 23 ppm [considered safe by all standards.]
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-detect
Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-detect
Mercury ...
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Talk Show “Set Mugs” Series (Used By Hosts & Guests) The Talk: 1,829 ppm Cadmium (75 ppm Cd is illegal in Denmark)
When tested with an XRF instrument, this mug had the following readings:
White on outside of mug:
Lead (Pb): Negative / Non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-detect
Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-detect
Mercury (Hg): Negative / Non-detect
Antimony (Sb): Negative / Non-detect ...
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CertifiedKit.com just renewed their discount code for my readers! Your kids can test THEIR school’s water, too!
EXTRA! EXTRA! This just in!
Thanks to Avi's activism (this post here, in case you have not read it yet), the lead-in-water- test kit company that we used for the testing he did just renewed their discount code for my readers!
A big thank you to all of my friends at ...
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My name is Avi Rubin. I’m 14. I was lead poisoned as a baby in 2005. Today (in 2019) my school is poisoning my friends.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Portland, Oregon
My mom is one of the leading experts on Lead Poisoning Prevention in the world. She started doing Lead Poisoning Prevention advocacy because I was acutely Lead-Poisoned as a baby (when I was 7 months old.) [See Avi's story here.]
I have been very ...
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Gray [2019 – Fred Meyer] Large Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Large square-shaped new (purchased in 2019 at Fred Meyer's) gray vinyl-coated ("rubberized") garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings:
Testing was done on the gray vinyl coated component of the hook.
Barium (Ba): 154 +/- 42 ...
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Red, Newer (year/vendor unknown) Large Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this Large square-shaped newer (specific year of purchase/manufacture is unknown - sorry!) red vinyl-coated ("rubberized") garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings:
Testing was done on the red vinyl coated component of the hook. ...
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Red, Newer (year/vendor unknown) Vinyl-Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this newer (specific year of purchase/manufacture is unknown - sorry!) red vinyl-coated ("rubberized") garage / bike storage hook pictured here had the following readings:
Testing was done on the red vinyl coated component of the hook.
Barium (Ba): 398 +/- ...
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Yellow Vinyl Coated Garage Bike Storage Hook (c. 2002, Home Depot): 4,440 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe in kids items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument, the yellow vinyl-coated steel garage / bike storage hook (purchased new at Home Depot in 2002) had the following readings:
Yellow "rubberized" component tested
Lead (Pb): 4,440 +/- 83 ppm
Barium (Ba): 213 +/- 37 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 903 +/- 133 ppm ...
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