Thanks everyone for reading my posts and sharing my work. I really appreciate it! [My friends have been saying, "It's about time!" (that something amazing like this happened!) LOL!]
To my new readers: I don't usually share my stats this often, the past two weeks have just been unprecedented (in ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Discovery Kids 2017 DCL “MerchSource” Magnetic Tile Toys: 18 +/- 2 ppm Arsenic (in the metal hollow rivets.)
Originally published: March 25, 2019
Updated: March 18, 2020
Discovery Toys MagnaTile® knockoffs
When tested with an XRF instrument, the metal hollow rivets on these MerchSource MagnaTile® knockoffs (by Discovery Toys / DiscoveryKids) are positive for Arsenic. This is consistent with all magnetic ...
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Vintage Fisher Price Little People + Why Does Tamara Do This?
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Souvenir mug Airport Purchase from Riyadh Saudi Arabia (of all places!): 21,300 ppm Lead
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 were ...
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Pfaltzgraff Linea Pattern (Made in China) Clear Glass Bowl: Lead-Free, Cadmium-Free, Arsenic-Free, Mercury-Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument this Pfaltzgraff Linea pattern clear glass bowl had the following readings.
Barium (Ba): 2,192 +/- 68 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 6,990 +/- 176 ppm
Iron (Fe): 187 +/- 87 ppm
Vanadium (V): 1,170 +/- 67 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 1,187 +/- 81 ppm
Platinum (Pt): 148 ...
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White Ceramic Bone China Fine Porcelain Dowan Bowl: 35 ppm Lead + 17 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards).
This product is marketed online and sold as "Lead Free" on Amazon (below is a screenshot from the Amazon listing for this product taken on 3/25/2019 - 7:50 p.m.):
When tested with an XRF instrument this white ceramic bowl had the following readings (with a one-minute test in consumer goods ...
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Many second hand plastic toys could pose a risk to children’s health, study suggests (Feb 2018)
Date: January 26, 2018
Source: University of Plymouth
Summary: Scientists have discovered high concentrations of hazardous elements including antimony, barium, bromine, cadmium, chromium and lead in many second hand plastic toys.
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Is your kitty litter Leaded? If it’s Arm & Hammer Super Scoop Fragrance-Free Clumping Litter, it may be! 20 +/- 7 ppm Lead
I have linked images to the brand of kitty litter mentioned in this piece. My linking to them does NOT constitute a recommendation, but has been done so you can see the product "in the wild" on Amazon. I do NOT recommend buying this product under any circumstances.
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Are you a blogger? Want me to test something for you? Here’s how! Let’s collaborate. Read this post for details!
As a "Thank You" to other bloggers who share my posts, I would like to offer the following opportunity:
If you share a post from LeadSafeMama.com on your Facebook page and you have more than 2,500 Facebook followers or likes on that page, I invite you to send me something of yours to test at no ...
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Unifix Math Counting Blocks Teaching Aid from Portland Public Schools: 1330 ppm Cadmium [a known carcinogen.]
A school teacher with Portland Public Schools (in Oregon) anonymously gave me these small plastic snap-together UNIFIX math / teaching aid blocks to test. She initially had a concern that they might contain something toxic and unsafe for children primarily because of how they smell.
Here's ...
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Orange Tupperware Vintage Measuring Cups: 61 ppm Cadmium. Cadmium is a known carcinogen for humans.
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
When using an XRF instrument to test these plastic measuring cups (which are made of solid orange plastic with no painted markings or decorations) they had the following readings:
Cadmium (Cd): 61 +/- 7 ppm
Barium (Ba): 138 +/- 71 ...
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White Tupperware Vintage Measuring Cups: Non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic. [But these have BPA!]
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
When using an XRF instrument to test these plastic measuring cups (which are made of solid white plastic with no painted markings or decorations) they had the following readings:
Zinc (Zn): 21 +/- 7 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 537 +/- 250 ...
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Vintage Red Plaid Thermos Brand Lunchbox: 58,400 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Mercury (90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids)
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 ...
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CDC Statement on Lead in Plastics (2019 Website Screenshot)
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