When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage tin of "Mead Johnson & Co" baby formula supplement (a "Physician's Sample" - "Not to be sold") had the following readings (on the the sealing line of the tin when tested for a minimum of 60 seconds).
Lead (Pb): 456,200 +/- ...
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Vintage Tin, UCA Salve: 9,692 ppm Lead + 231 ppm Mercury — Don’t let your kids play with vintage tins
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Vintage Tin, Cuticura Ointment: 24,000 ppm Lead + 209 ppm Cadmium. Don’t let your kids play with vintage tins.
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage tin of "Cuticura Ointment" had the following readings (on the painted logo surface, when tested for a minimum of 60 seconds).
Lead (Pb): 24,000 +/- 600 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 209 +/- 52 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 4,818 +/- 198 ppm
Tin (Sn): 6.932 +/- ...
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Vintage Tin, Sample Man-Zan Cream for Rectal Discomfort: 1,805 ppm Lead + 975 ppm Mercury [! Speaks for itself.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this tiny vintage tin of "Man-Zan" cream ("for rectal discomfort") had the following readings (on the painted logo surface, when tested for a minimum of 60 seconds).
Lead (Pb): 1,805 +/- 160 ppm
Mercury (Hg): 975 +/- 197 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 602 +/- 122 ...
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#AskTamara: How can I tell if my vintage Tupperware plastic cups are toxic? By Color? By Shape? By Age?
New post! First in a series of four that I will be doing to try to draw some distinctions between the Tupperware pieces WITH toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic) and those without. If you have any information or links to help inform this conversation (for example information about years ...
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#AskTamara: Are new Legos® nontoxic? Lead-Safe? Lead-Free? What about vintage Legos®?
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Question:
Are Legos® nontoxic? Lead-Safe? Lead-Free?
Well for those who are here for a quick answer: Yes, new Legos® are safe!
I have personally never tested any new Legos® (new in the past 14 years) that were positive for any the main four toxicants I look for in my work (Lead, ...
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Vintage 1978 Fisher Price Record Player: 22,000 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe], 5,296 ppm Cadmium [75 is unsafe].
Sorry this is a lazy post just so I could make sure to get this information up.
The readings for each of the components tested are in the image, click the image to see it full size. I will update this post with more information soon.
In the meantime:
To see more vintage Fisher Price ...
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Press Release: Toxicants (Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Arsenic) Found In Vintage Tupperware
Press release is the second image, below the embedded Facebook post. Please share with any press contact you might have. Thank you. (Click the image of the press release to see the full-size PDF with clickable links.) For all of the posts related to this press release, click ...
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Another Artificial Christmas Tree Example, c. 2010: This one is LEAD-FREE and ANTIMONY-FREE
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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 ...
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1997 “Vintage” Campbell’s Soup Ceramic Mug: 11,400 ppm Lead + 1,251 ppm Cadmium [M’m! M’m! Good! NOT!]
When tested with an XRF instrument the vintage (vintage is 20+ years officially, so yes - 1997 is vintage!) ceramic mug pictured here tested positive for the following metals when tested with an XRF instrument:
White undecorated elements of mug (including inside of mug):
Barium (Ba): 2,405 ...
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LeadSafeMama.com broke two more records today! 2,000,000 all-time views + 300,000 views in one month!
Thank you for being here and thank you for reading my posts!
My husband has expressed the concern that I am posting too many posts with milestones and statistics — but it's hard not to, when my blog readership and site visits and shares keep breaking records! I truly want you all to know the ...
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Why do VINTAGE plastics (like Fisher Price & Tupperware) often contain Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, & Cadmium?
For starters, please consider reading this linked study (click the image below) which discusses this concern in detail:
There are two reasons vintage plastics often have Lead:
In brightly-colored vintage plastics, the metallic toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium) ...
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Scientific research paper from 2015 confirming the presence of toxicants in vintage plastics.
For those in the Tupperware camp who just can't believe that there are toxic heavy metals in their vintage plastic dishes, I share this with you. Below is a link to a research paper from 2015 which confirmed the presence of heavy metals in vintage plastics (specifically looking at vintage plastic ...
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#LeadSafeMama just passed 23,000 Followers on Facebook! And the winner is…
A while back I posted that as soon as #LeadSafeMama hit 23,000 followers on Facebook to celebrate and mark the occasion I would give away a set of #LeadFreeDishes to one randomly selected person from the list of followers.
So today, 3/14/2019 #LeadSafeMama reached that milestone and later ...
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