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.
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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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“How much Lead is in my vintage Pyrex?” Here are pictures of each one I’ve tested, with links to test results.
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.
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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.
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600,000…700,000 – I.Just.Can’t [Can’t thank you all enough!]
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