While I generally try to avoid plastic toys for my children, I make some exceptions for simple, durable things that are not battery-operated.
Having been dead-broke for the past several years has also colored what we are able to get for our children as gifts, plus - of course - I have ...
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One of my favorite gifts for special needs kids (all kids really!): Kleynimals’ Jangles Fidget Toy made of high quality Stainless Steel [#LeadFree! + Discount Code for LSM readers!]
Published: May 31, 2019
Updated: December 7, 2021
Kleynimals is a woman-owned small business that makes products here at home in the United States. They have a really fun line of high quality Stainless Steel products for babies and young children and I encourage you to check out everything they ...
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In response to the fidget spinner craze of 2017, Kleynimals created a non-toxic fidget. Here’s one kiddo’s reaction to getting Jangles as a gift.
A while back, Kirsten at Kleynimals gave me a box of her products to give away as prizes at some childhood Lead poisoning prevention outreach events I did around the country.
At these events parents bring me consumer goods (including toys) to test for the presence of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and ...
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Lead Safe Mama is 247 “likes” away (on Facebook) from giving away a set of Caveman Cups to one lucky follower!
As soon as we reach 24,000 "likes" @LeadSafeMama on Facebook I will be giving away the set of Caveman Cups pictured below to one lucky Facebook follower chosen at random!
Here's my Amazon affiliate link for the Caveman Cups being given away: https://amzn.to/311bwjh*
If you haven't ...
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Mikasa Narumi Japan “Winthrop” Fine China: 4,355 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this Mikasa Narumi Japan "Winthrop" Fine China plate (with silver and gray edging) had the following readings:
Silver/Gray edging of food surface of dish:
Lead (Pb): 4,355 +/- 95 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg: Negative / ...
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White Ceramic Royal Stafford Fine Earthenware English Bowl: 66,300 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this white glazed ceramic Royal Stafford Fine Earthenware (Made In England) bowl had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 66,300 +/- 2,000 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg: Negative / Non-Detect
Barium (Ba): 1,041 +/- 119 ppm ...
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More fun with Stats: #LeadSafeMama is closing out May 2019 with nearly 1,900,000 views to date for the year.
More fun with stats!
We're going to be closing out May 2019 with more than a million more views on my site for the year (to date) than what I had in all of 2018.
In 2018 the total page views on this site was 859,201.
In 2019 YTD (actually as of this moment, not as of the moment of the ...
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Variations on a theme: Today my website is the 381,338th most popular site in the United States. (WHAAAA!) :-)
The other day, when I first posted about this, my website was the 556,469th most popular website on the globe. In the last two days my rank moved "up" to 551,903rd most popular site on the globe.
Even more exciting... today my site is the 381,338th most popular site in the United States - up from ...
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1990 Mirage Studios Playmates Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Figurine: Lead Free, Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free!
Every single color of this little Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figurine was tested and not one of them was positive for anything bad (from the standpoint of XRF detectable metals discoverable in consumer goods mode).
This figurine from 1990 was negative / non-detect for the following metals ...
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1988 Mirage Studios Playmates Toys (Made in Macao) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael Figurine: Lead Free
Every single color of this little Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figurine was tested and not one of them was positive for anything bad (from the standpoint of XRF detectable metals discoverable in consumer goods mode).
This figurine from 1988 was negative / non-detect for the following metals ...
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I’m so excited about the new shirt that my friend made me! I’m going to be my own x-ray signage at events!
I'm such a geek! I came up with this really silly idea and my friend Nicole helped me make it happen!
When doing XRF testing for events I am required to have some signage in the room that I am working in.
I usually have signage both in-and-on the XRF case that satisfies the signage I need ...
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“Sliver” Swiss cheese knife: 19,300 +/- 800 ppm Lead in handle (for context: ≥90 ppm is unsafe in children’s items)
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 ...
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Small Blue Enamelware Camping Cup / Espresso Cup: 48 ppm Lead, 63 ppm Arsenic, 137 ppm Antimony – three neurotoxins.
The pictures of this cup demonstrate how it is a perfect example of what regularly eventually happens to enamel cups with normal use. In this instance the chipping of the enamel is happening both on the outside and the inside of the cup (similar to the red one posted earlier).
This cup (and it's ...
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Small Red Enamelware Camping Cup / Espresso Cup: 8,851 ppm Cadmium [≥40 ppm is illegal in Washington State]
The pictures of this cup demonstrate how it is a perfect example of what regularly eventually happens to enamel cups with normal use. In this instance the chipping of the very-high-Cadmium-containing enamel is happening both on the outside and the inside of the cup.
This cup clearly demonstrates ...
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