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 sons ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
As Notre Dame burns think of the children of Paris. Potentially worse than Flint – how many have been poisoned by this fire?
Monday - April 15, 2019
Today Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned.
My first reaction was one of visceral, personal shock and sadness — because I lived in Paris for a year (June 1989 to June 1990) when I was 19 and 20, nannying for a few families and studying with the Theatré du Soliel ...
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What were you thinking, Kitchenaid?! (c. 2010) Yellow Silicone Spatula: 970 +/- 29 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe in kids’ items.]
My shopping website has links to Lead-free alternatives for most products:
www.ShopLeadSafeMama.com
Originally posted: April 14, 2019
Updated: March 6, 2020
Update - March 2020:
Since writing this post I have found at least two more high-Lead silicone spatulas. To see all of the spatulas ...
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Crystal bracelet (c. 2014), costume jewelry: 70,700 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 149,600 ppm Cadmium (75 ppm is unsafe.)
This bracelet was one of a matching set that a bride purchased and gave to each of her bridesmaids for her wedding in 2014. There is no brand or maker's mark on it that I can find.
When I tested this I was floored by the fact that it was so recently made and yet had such an incredibly high level ...
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#AskTamara: This one is for the kids! Q. “Hey Mom! What’s a penny made of?”… XRF test results for a 1976 U.S.A. penny
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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#LeadSafeMama: “Things” I need / ways you can help – April 2019.
Things I need/could really use (#1 through #5 are on the graphic below) — and some outcomes (networking/connections) I could use help with as well ;-)
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"Things" I need...continued:
#6. A lawyer to help me sue the state pursuant to the tort claim notice (I believe our deadline ...
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Spring 2019 Dollar Tree Royal Norfolk Paisley Dinner Plates: 60 ppm Lead + 38 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards!)
Note: While the XRF readings below indicate that these plates are "safe by all standards", please do not take this as a recommendation by me to purchase these plates. I only have Lead-free and Cadmium-free dishes in my home and I don't think there is a place for any level of toxicants in our ...
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#LeadSafeMama Stats: Top Months Ever… (as of April 11, 2019)
For those who follow my blog on a regular basis, you know I get a kick out of checking out my stats... (which is actually kind of funny since I all-but-failed statistics in high school and grad-school! Maybe I'm making up for what I missed back in the day?)
Anyhow... today I noticed that (as of ...
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Yet ANOTHER toxic offering from The Pottery Barn collection!… c. 2017 squirrel shaped salt and pepper shakers: 40,800 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]
At a time when consumer awareness of environmental toxicants in general - and of tainted household products especially - is on the rise; potential for recalls are commonplace; and manufactures and distributors are moving to tighten up supply chain oversight, Pottery Barn CONTINUES to ...
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Happy Toxic Easter? Yikes!! 1977 Avon Easter Perfume pin: 6,759 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 6,018 Cadmium (75 is unsafe)
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). ...
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Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1973 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 1,296 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen.)
Modern consumer goods are considered unsafe an illegal in the country of Denmark if they have Cadmium levels at 75 ppm and higher. In Washington State the hazard level for total Cadmium content is 40 ppm or higher. There is no United States federal hazard level for total Cadmium content as ...
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Don’t let kids play with vintage jewelry. 1971 Avon Fragrance Glacé Pin: 3,587 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe] + 275 Arsenic.
The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children today is anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint or coating, or anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the substrate.
Vintage items (especially vintage plastic items and vintage jewelry - ...
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1970s Yamaha Recorder: 6,652 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) 4,737 ppm Cadmium (75 is unsafe) & 1,572 ppm Mercury.
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage recorder (musical instrument) had the following readings:
This is the reading with the XRF analyzer window focused on the gold of the Yamaha logo:
Lead (Pb): 6,662+/- 282 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 4,737 +/-192 ppm
Mercury (Hg): 1,572 +/- ...
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I’m in Chicago this weekend. Are you?
I'm available for work, but also to meet up and visit (lunch? dinner? drinks?) and say hello and brainstorm... any or all of the above! If you are in Chicago and you would like to get together, please text me and we can see if it works out to connect! My cell: 415-609-3182.
Tamara ...
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