Check back here periodically for updates. Each time I add a new post I will upload a picture to the photo grid below, and link it to the post with the test results.
Click any of the images below to see the corresponding XRF test results (listing all metals found) for that exact item ...
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“How much Lead is in my vintage Corning casserole?” Here are pictures of each one I’ve tested, with links to test results.
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 ...
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Snopes Quote: March 19, 2019 + LeadSafeMama’s March 21 Newsletter
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1982 Tupperware Catalog (a gift from one of my readers to help us date some of the pieces we have tested for Lead.)
I am so thankful to one of my readers (thank you Gail!) who found the 1982 Tupperware catalog and photographed each and every page and e-mailed them to me! Here they are to serve as a reference to help us date some of the vintage Tupperware pieces that I (together with the help of my readers) have ...
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In the last 30 days, 524,307 readers from 187 countries have read this website!
This really makes me happy: in the last 30 days, 524,307 readers have read my website. They come from 187 different countries!!!
Another fun fact: 519,140 of these people in the past month are also new to LeadSafeMama.com.
I know I have spent the last three years under attack, but ...
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600,000…700,000 – I.Just.Can’t [Can’t thank you all enough!]
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Yellow Tupperware Cup (year unknown): Non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic.
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
When using an XRF instrument to test this plastic cup (which is made of solid yellow plastic with no painted markings or decorations) it had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): Negative/Non-Detect (Nd)
Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect ...
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Orange Tupperware Cup (year unknown): Non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic.
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
When using an XRF instrument to test this plastic cup (which is made of solid orange plastic with no painted markings or decorations) it had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): Negative/Non-Detect (Nd)
Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect ...
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Vintage Orange Tupperware Funnel With Handle: 1,714 ppm Lead + 17 ppm Cadmium + 181 ppm Arsenic
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
When using an XRF instrument to test this funnel (which is made of solid orange plastic with no painted markings or decorations) it had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 1,714 +/- 29 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 17 +/- 6 ppm
Arsenic ...
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“Is MY Tupperware toxic?” (Images included for each item tested & linked to test results for Mercury, Lead, Arsenic, & Cadmium)
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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Red Tupperware Mug and Saucer, Year Unknown: Red plastic elements are negative for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium & Arsenic.
To see more Tupperware items I have tested, click here.
The saucer of this set was sent to me for testing.
The only consideration with this that my readers really need to be aware of is that I have not tested the white decorative element on the mug and cannot know without testing if that element ...
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For my friends who are not on Facebook, I created a new header image for my LeadSafeMama Facebook page last night, LOL.
I made it to the front page of Snopes again (for the 4th time!) and the article is about ME and MY WORK, not about something I tested (#LOL)
Because really no one should BOTHER actually reading Snopes (in the past they have both tried to discredit my findings [vintage Pyrex] AND used my findings as a source to prove something is true [Walmart jelly shoes, fidget spinners]), below is an "info-graphic" I made with the ...
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Well… LeadSafeMama.com did it – with your help earlier today we passed 500,000 unique views in a single month.
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